{"id":7641,"date":"2026-08-24T15:09:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T15:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/7641\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T15:09:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T15:09:25","slug":"belga-share-flemish-dual-use-goods-mainly-end-up-in-ukraine-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/7641\/","title":{"rendered":"Belga Share &#8211; Flemish dual-use goods mainly end up in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2025, the Flemish government issued 278 individual licences for the final export of dual-use goods outside the European Union, totalling 117.5 million euros. This was more than in 2024, when 221 individual licences were granted. The total value remained almost stable.<\/p>\n<p>   Ukraine was the main destination, with 25.4 million euros distributed across 28 licences. A significant portion of these involved infrared cameras and other technologies intended for the Ukrainian defence industry. &#8220;The figure illustrates a broader shift whereby Flemish technology is increasingly involved in supporting Ukraine&#8217;s defence capacity,&#8221; notes researcher Diederik Cops.<\/p>\n<p>   The change in the end-use of Flemish dual-use exports is also notable. In 2025, 64.1 million euros of the authorised Flemish dual-use exports were destined for armed forces, a defence-related industry, or a combination of civilian and military end-users. This represents half of the total authorised value. In 2024, it was approximately 3 per cent. At the same time, the share of the civilian industry in the authorised value decreased from 92 per cent in 2024 to 41 per cent in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>   Cops also warns of the downside of the increasing intertwining of civilian and military technology. He refers to the recent discovery of an Nvidia module in a Russian cruise missile. According to Cops, this demonstrates that it remains crucial for a high-tech region like Flanders to focus on export controls, clear guidance, transparent procedures, and reliable information about customers, partners, and end-users.<\/p>\n<p>   Heightened vigilance proves to be no luxury. In 2025, the Flemish government refused seven individual export licences. Six refusals were related to the risk that the goods, directly or via third countries, could end up in Russia or Russian military systems. A seventh licence for export to Israel was denied due to insufficient certainty regarding an exclusively civilian end-use. Flemish companies also halted 22 transactions themselves due to potential issues.<\/p>\n<p>The initial translation of this content was generated by AI. All facts, context, and language have subsequently been verified and validated by a human editorial team. <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/belga.be\/ai-disclaimer-belga-english\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In 2025, the Flemish government issued 278 individual licences for the final export of dual-use goods outside the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7596,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1182,1184,14,1185,4525,4526,1183],"class_list":["post-7641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-belga-english","tag-conflicts-and-defense","tag-defence-industry","tag-economy-and-money","tag-flemish-dual-use-goods-mainly-end-up-in-ukraine","tag-it-and-technology","tag-safety"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}