Table of Contents
Executive Summary — 5 SWOT
Analysis — 7 Belgium Political
SWOT — 7 Belgium Economic SWOT — 7
Business Environment Ratings — 8 Table: Europe Freight
Transport Business Environment Ratings — 9 Belgium
Logistics Performance Index (LPI) — 9 Economics –
Long-Term Risk — 10 Politics – Long-Term
Risk — 10 Freight Transport
Growth — 10 Transport Infrastructure
Growth — 11 Regulatory
Environment — 11 Competitive
Environment — 11 Transport Intensity
Index — 11 Industry Trends And
Developments — 12 Air — 12
Sea — 12 Industry Forecast
Scenario — 15 Quarterly Oil Products Price
Outlook — 15 Table: Oil Product Price Assumptions,
Q408-Q409 (US$/bbl) — 17 Table: Oil Product Price
Forecasts, 2006-2013 (US$/bbl) — 18 Macroeconomic
Outlook — 18 Table: Belgium – Economic Activity,
2005-2012 — 20 Transport Outlook — 21
Table: Belgium’s Freight Transport Industry,
2006-2013 — 22 Table: Belgium’s Freight Carried,
Domestic And International, 2006-2013 — 23 Trade
Environment — 24 Table: Value Of Imports By Category,
2006-2013 (US$mn) — 24 Table: Value Of Exports By
Category, 2006-2013 (US$mn) — 25 Market
Overview — 26 Multi-Modal — 26
Competitive Landscape: Multi-Modal — 26
Road — 27 Competitive Landscape:
Road — 27 Rail — 28 Competitive
Landscape: Rail — 28 Air — 29
Competitive Landscape: Air — 29 Brussels
Airlines — 30 Water — 32 Competitive
Landscape: Water — 32 Compagnie Maritime Belge SA
(CMB) — 33 Table: Financial Performance Of Compagnie
Maritime Belge SA (CMB) — 35
Pipelines — 36 Competitive Landscape:
Pipelines — 36 Fluxys SA — 37 Table:
Financial Performance Of Fluxys SA — 38 Country Snapshot:
Belgium Demographic Data — 39 Section 1:
Population — 39 Table: Demographic Indicators,
2005-2030 — 39 Table: Rural/Urban Breakdown,
2005-2030 — 40 Section 2: Education And
Healthcare — 40 Table: Education,
2002-2005 — 40 Table: Vital Statistics,
2005-2030 — 40 Section 3: Labour Market And Spending
Power — 41 Table: Employment Indicators,
2001-2006 — 41 Table: Consumer Expenditure, 2000-2012
(US$) — 41 Table: Average Annual Wages,
2000-2012 — 42 BMI Forecast
Modelling — 43 How We Generate Our Industry
Forecasts — 43 Transport Industry — 43
Sources — 44
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