Flanders Investment & Trade

Looking to give your export business or foreign investments a boost?
Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT) is your partner in internationalization in Flanders – Belgium’s northern region – and beyond.

My colleagues and I believe that international trade and foreign direct investments make the world go round by creating new jobs, facilitating the exchange of knowhow and accelerating innovative research and development.

To take this dynamic to the next level, we aim to set companies, organizations and professionals in motion internationally. As the coronavirus pandemic dealt – and continues to deal – heavy blows to exports, companies can count on customized FIT services and a comprehensive package of coronavirus-related support measures. At the same time, we fuel Flanders’ economic engine in the process.

Our worldwide network of business-savvy experts does just that, together with our Science & Technology team in 10 tech hotspots: New York, Palo Alto, Paris, London, Copenhagen, Munich, Mumbai, Singapore, Guangzhou and Tokyo.

How? By supporting Flanders-based firms in doing business abroad and expanding internationally, by promoting the region as a strategic location for foreign firms, and by putting international buyers in touch with suppliers in Flanders. To this end, FIT itself is increasingly playing the card of digital innovation, with artificial intelligence (AI) as the cornerstone.