The economic importance of the Belgian ports: Flemish maritime ports, Liège port complex and the port of Brussels - Report 2017

This Working Paper analyses the economic importance of the Belgian ports largely based on annual accounts data for the year 2017. As the years prior to 2017 have been described in earlier papers in the same series, the emphasis lies on the figures for 2017 and the developments between 2016 and 2017. After the stagnation in 2016, direct value added at the Belgian ports rose by 7.3% from € 18 052 million to € 19 368 million (current prices) or roughly 4.4% of Belgium's GDP. All ports, with the exception of the Liège port complex, contributed to value added growth at the Belgian ports. The ports... Mehr ...