Milk - Excluding Butter — Import quantity in Belgium
Belgium: Milk - Excluding Butter — Import quantity was 6,389 1000 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Milk - Excluding Butter — Import quantity in Belgium, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 6,389 1000 t for milk - excluding butter — import quantity in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 18.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk - excluding butter — import quantity in Belgium peaked at 8,264 1000 t in 2012 and was at its lowest, 6,164 1000 t, in 2020.
Belgium ranks 11th of 194 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Milk - Excluding Butter — Import quantity in Belgium, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6,866 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 7,464 1000 t | +8.7% |
| 2012 | 8,264 1000 t | +10.7% |
| 2013 | 7,800 1000 t | -5.6% |
| 2014 | 7,871 1000 t | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 7,878 1000 t | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 8,066 1000 t | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 8,190 1000 t | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 7,805 1000 t | -4.7% |
| 2019 | 6,288 1000 t | -19.4% |
| 2020 | 6,164 1000 t | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 6,807 1000 t | +10.4% |
| 2022 | 6,435 1000 t | -5.5% |
| 2023 | 6,389 1000 t | -0.7% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 6,389 1000 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 931 1000 t, 6.9× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 6,389 1000 t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 675 1000 t, 9.5× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 7,649 1000 t | 6,288 1000 t | 8,264 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,449 1000 t | 6,164 1000 t | 6,807 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 8 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 9,100 1000 t compare
- 8 United Kingdom 9,100 1000 t compare
- 10 Indonesia 8,007 1000 t compare
- 12 Spain 6,187 1000 t compare
- 13 United States 5,766 1000 t compare
- 14 Mexico 5,678 1000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk - excluding butter — import quantity in Belgium?
- Milk - excluding butter — import quantity in Belgium was 6,389 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk - excluding butter — import quantity recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 8,264 1000 t in 2012.
- What is the lowest milk - excluding butter — import quantity recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,164 1000 t in 2020.
- How does Belgium rank for milk - excluding butter — import quantity?
- Belgium ranks 11th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is milk - excluding butter — import quantity rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Milk - Excluding Butter — Import quantity. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.