What do we see?
Over the period from 2012 to 2021, there is an increase of 12%. This increase is steepest between 2017 and 2018. The decline in the latest data points has yet to be confirmed because this is where the impact of the COVID crisis is reflected: the value increased again in the year 2021, but this is visible only very slightly in the moving average.
What’s the aim?
In a circular economy, lower consumption of materials is the target. However, a large part of materials imported into Flanders are for the production of semi-finished and finished products that are re-exported abroad. The efficiency with which the Flemish economy deals with materials is reflected via the material productivity.
