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Europe - Belgium

The following links provide extensive country information by various government agencies and other external sources. The topics covered include but are not limited to: general, economic and political information, tax and tariff information, documentation needed for exporting, and business climate.

Find Expeditors in Belgium

CIA -- The World Factbook -- Belgium

US Department of State -- Background Notes -- Belgium

Country Commercial Guides (CCG)

Department of Commerce CCG's are prepared by US Embassy Staff. Included in the CCG is a section on Belgium.

Trade Information Center

Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration

Embassy of Belgium

  • 3330 Garfield Street, NW
  • Washington, DC 20008
  • Telephone: (202) 333-6900
  • Fax: (202) 333-3079

US Embassy - Brussels, Belgium

  • 27 Boulevard du Regent
  • 8-1000 Brussels, Belgium
  • Tel: [32](2) 508-2111, (2) 513-3830(FCS)
  • Fax: [32](2) 511-2725, (2) 512-6653(FCS)
  • US Mailing Address: PSC 82 Box 002, APO AE 09724-1015

Federal Internet Sites - Belgium

American Chamber of Commerce in Belgium

  • Avenue des Arts, 50, Box 5
  • 1000 Brussels
  • Telephone: 322/513-6770
  • Fax: 322/513-3590

Belgian-American Chamber of Commerce in the United States

  • 575 Madison Ave, 24th Floor
  • New York, NY 10022
  • Telephone: (212) 319-7080
  • Fax: (212) 319-7086

Belgian Customs and Excise Tax Service

  • R.A.C. Financietoren, 50
  • 1010 Brussels
  • Telephone: 322/210-3011
  • Fax: 322/210-3326, 322/210-3247

Ministry of Economic Affairs

  • Foreign Investors Service
  • G. Lemanstraat 60
  • 1040 Brussels, Belgium
  • Telephone: 322/206-5863
  • Fax: 322/514-0389

Federal Trade Point Brussels

Provides actual and potential traders with data about business and market opportunities, potential clients and suppliers, trade regulations, and requirements.

Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Belgian Foreign Trade Board (B.F.T.B.)

Trade Promotion Organization is a public institution set up in 1948 in order to promote exports of Belgian and Luxembourg industrial goods, techniques, and services. Within this site is THE BELGIAN & LUXEMBOURG EXPORTERS' DIRECTORY ONLINE.

F.E.B. (Federation of Belgian Enterprises)

  • Rue Ravenstein, 4
  • 1000 Brussels
  • Telephone: 02/515-0811
  • Fax: 02/515-0999
  • The Belgian business federation is a nationwide organization of employers. It is composed not of individual companies, but industrial and trade federations. This is Belgium's biggest association and represents all employer groups in negotiations with labor unions and the government.

Belgian Companies in the US

A Directory of Belgian Corporate Investment in the United States of America (1999-2000) is available in hard copy at the investment office at the Belgian Embassy, Washington, DC. A copy can be obtained by fax (202) 625-7567 or telephone (202) 625-5819.