BELGIUM

BELARUS

TRANSPORT FACT SHEET

  1. COUNTRY: BELGIUM
  2. CAPITAL: BRUSSELS
  3. GDP GROWTH RATE: 1.7%
  4.  MAJOR COMMERCIAL CITIES: Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liege, Brussels
  5. MAJOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS:   The Brussels Airport(BRU). The Ostend-Bruges International Airport (OST), the Brussels-South Charleroi Airport (CRL), the Liège Airport(LGG) and the Antwerp International Airport (ANR).
    • Antwerp - Port of Antwerp  (one of the world's busiest ports)
    • Bruges (Zeebrugge) - Port of Bruges-Zeebrugge  (one of the busiest in Europe)
    • Ghent - Port of Ghent 
    • Ostend - Port of Ostend
  6. RAIL AND ROADWAYS: The network currently includes four high speed lines-HSL1,2,3 AND 4, An urban commuter rail network, Brussels RER, The highways in Belgium are marked with a letter A and a number.
  7. EXPORT GOODS: chemicals, machinery, and equipment, finished diamonds, metals and metal products, foodstuffs.
  8. EXPORT PARTNERS: Germany, France, Netherlands, UK, US Italy
  9. IMPORT GOODS: raw materials, machinery and equipment, chemicals, raw diamonds, pharmaceuticals, foodstuffs, transportation equipment, oil products
  10. IMPORT PARTNERS: Netherlands, Germany, France, US, UK, Ireland, China