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Belgium: Selected Issues Paper

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This Selected Issues Paper on Belgium provides an overview of the extent of trade and financial openness of Belgium and the links to particular countries. With an export-to-GDP ratio of 79 percent, Belgium belongs to the most open economies in Europe and also globally. Its exports are highly concentrated with a share of three-fourths of total merchandise exports accounted for by the European Union, of which close to two-thirds go to Germany, France, and the Netherlands.

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  • International Monetary Fund, 2012. "Belgium: Selected Issues Paper," IMF Staff Country Reports 2012/056, International Monetary Fund.
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