Industry revenue of »manufacture of electrical equipment for motor vehicles« in Belgium 2011-2023

Historically, Belgium was a key center for motor vehicle production. In fact, prior to the First World War, the country was home to nearly 200 car manufacturers, with 75 percent of its production exported across the globe. However, over the years, vehicle production has gradually shifted out of the country to low-cost manufacturing bases such as China, India, Mexico and South Korea to name a few. Rapid increase in imports of electrical machinery is expected to dismantle the manufacturing of electrical equipment for motor vehicle in the country. Industry revenues are projected to drop off the cliff, from 263.06 million U.S. dollars in 2011 to virtually nothing by 2023.

In a similar vein, total number of employees in the motor vehicles manufacturing industry have reduced from 24,069 in 2008 to 19,727 in 2014, with revenues expected to reduce by half between 2010 and 2022.