Belgium's World Trade Data from 1948 to 2020

Belgium's historical international trade data from 1948 to 2020. The dataset is part of the Absell-Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database, a project developed by researchers from the University of Gothenburg, New York University Abu Dhabi, and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. It was last updated in May 2024.

Use Cases

• Analyzing Belgium's long-term trade balance trends based on the historical time series.
• Modeling the impact of economic unions on trade flows based on the 72-year coverage.
• Studying the evolution of Belgium's major export and import partners over time.
• Benchmarking national trade models against historical data for Belgium.

Strengths

• Covers a 72-year time range from 1948 to 2020, providing long-term perspective.
• Developed by an academic consortium from multiple international universities.
• Last updated metadata indicates recent maintenance as of May 2024.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Absell, Christopher; Federico, Giovanni; Tena Junguito, Antonio

Collection Method

Part of the Absell-Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database project.

Time Range

1948-2020

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05-05 04:10:55; freshness should be verified

Geography

Belgium