Are you active in the food industry and wish to develop in Wallonia? The region has set up various structures aimed at providing you with services and advice, supervising your projects and helping you find partners.

Agri-food is one of the flagship sectors in our regional economic policy: it represents €8.9 billion in turnover, including €4.9 billion in exports, and €482 million of investments. The food industry is also the largest industrial employer in our region, accounting for 24,373 direct jobs.

Furthermore, it has great growth potential in promising sectors and is a global leader in some of them: ingredients, healthy food, processed meals, specific products and an area of recognised quality, etc.

Agrofood in Wallonia

THE AGRI-FOOD INDUSTRY : KEY FIGURES

FEVIA KEY FIGURES

Source: New figures for the Wallonia food industry published by Fevia Wallonia (Wallonia regional division of the Belgian food industry federation)

 

Learn More

  • Key figures
  • Testimonials
  • Support from the WagrAlim cluster and AWEX
Download the brochure (pdf)

WagrAlim, Walloon competitiveness cluster for the agri-food sector focuses mainly on collaboration between manufacturers, universities, research centres and training centres, with the common goal of creating value, improving performance and positioning itself on international markets on the basis of innovation.
The Cluster has defined four strategic areas:

  • Nutrition-health
  • Industrial efficiency
  • Bio-packaging
  • Sustainable sectors

Wagralim key numbers

DISCOVER MORE THAN 1,200 BELGIAN FOOD COMPANIES

The Belgian food chain, comprising a large number of small and medium-sized enterprises, is renowned for its diversity.

Looking for partners, potential customers or information on Belgian food products? The website www.food.be will show you what more than 1,200 Belgian food and drink companies can do for you!

Contact our sector specialists !

Lucie LEJEUNE

Senior Agrilife Specialist

T +32 (0)471 92 39 00

Eric LEJEUNE

Agrilife Business Developer

T +32 (0)2 421 84 59

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