Belgian Foreign Trade Agency (Bfta)

The Belgian Foreign Trade Agency (BFTA) operates at the service of the three Regional authorities for export promotion: Flanders Investment & Trade, hub.brussels and Wallonia Export-Investment Agency, as well as at the service of the Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs. The activities of the BFTA were stipulated by the Cooperation Agreement of May 24th 2002 between the Federal Government and the Regions. The Agency organises joint economic missions at the request of its partners and contributes since 2015, upon approval of the Board of Directors, to the logistical organisation and the economic aspects of Belgian State Visits abroad. The BFTA also runs an information centre and sends out international business opportunities to companies on behalf of the Regions through the mobile application Trade4U. The database listing up Belgian exporters is regularly updated thanks to exchanges with the Regions. The BFTA provides also information on foreign markets: from studies within the framework of economic missions to national and international statistics and legal advice or information on regulations regarding foreign trade. www.belgianeconomicmission.be www.belgianstatevisit.be