NEWS / March 2010

The Agency Economic missions Belgium's offer FT Statistics (*) Contacts • What's New? • Calendar 2010-2012 Belgian & Luxembourg Exporters Directory • Belgian foreign trade / Monthly figures Regional Economic & Commercial Attachés • BFTA's Activities • Previous missions (2004 to 2009) • CD-Rom BLUE (14th edition) • Belgium's bilateral trading relations • Regional foreign trade bodies • Useful links (BE & International) • Topical events • Documentation • Belgium in the world trade • Tips for Business trips in Belgium • Belgian embassies in the world • Other web sources • Useful addresses (Belgium & abroad)

BELGIAN ECONOMIC MISSIONS HEADED BY HRH PRINCE PHILIPPE

INDIA • March 20/27, 2010 The COMPLETE PRESENTATION of the PARTICIPANTS (133 pages) BRAZIL • May 15/22, 2010 The Participants (u.c.)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION EUROSTAT / Newsreleases (Pdf) "Euro area and EU27 GDP up by 0.1%" (March 4 / 6 p.)

BELGIUM / TRADE STATISTICS LATEST FOREIGN TRADE's FIGURES / Digest in USD (3 p.) 11 months 2009 BFTA / MONTHLY BROCHURES / In EUR (+/- 20 p.) 11 months 2009 (Xls) 11 months 2009 (Pdf) BELGIUM's TRADING RELATIONS / Last figures (11 months 2009) (Pdf) • Belgian economic missions 2010 INDIA Brazil Kazakhstan Ukraine • Clients & Suppliers / Top 5 France Germany Ireland The Netherlands United Kingdom USA

BFTA / USEFUL ADDRESSES In Belgium Professional Organizations (11 p.) Abroad Belgian Chambers of Commerce (7 p.)

BFTA / EXPORTER'S DIRECTORY CD-ROM "BLUE" 14th edition • 2009

BELGIUM / REGIONAL FOREIGN TRADE BODIES HEAD OFFICES Flanders Investment & Trade (Flemish Region) Wallonia Export & Foreign Investment Agency (Walloon Region) Brussels Export (Brussels-Capital Region)

ECONOMIC FIGURES & FACTS EUROPEAN COMMISSION - Eurostat Homepage NATIONAL BANK OF BELGIUM Homepage (News - Key figures - Publications) FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE ECONOMY / DG Statistics & Economic information Homepage

INVEST in BELGIUM Please visit www.invest.belgium.be www.investinbelgium.fgov.be