DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, September 27. Trade turnover between Tajikistan and Belgium amounted to 27.176 million euros from January through June 2023, which is 16 percent higher than in the same period of 2022 (23.378 million euros), Trend reports.
Data from the Belgian Foreign Trade Agency indicates that Tajikistan's exports to Belgium amounted to 17.6 million euros, decreasing by 8.5 percent year-on-year. Tajikistan's exports to Belgium consist only of base metals.
Tajikistan's imports from Belgium amounted to 9.6 million euros from January through June 2023, increasing by 29.7 percent year-on-year. In the structure of Tajikistan's imports, chemicals accounted for the largest share (55.6 percent), followed by machinery and equipment at 36.6 percent, and transport equipment at 2 percent.
Tajikistan and Belgium's trade turnover totaled 39 million euros in 2022. Tajikistan's imports from Belgium amounted to 8 million euros, decreasing by 13.9 percent compared to 2021 (9.3 million euros).
At the same time, Tajikistan's exports to Belgium reached 31 million euros in 2022, experiencing a 5.7 percent decline from the previous year's figure of 32.9 million euros.