This statistic shows the answers to a survey question about the use of trade credit for SMEs in Belgium in 2020. In 2020, approximately 62 percent of the Belgian respondents answered trade credit was not relevant to their enterprise. Another method of corporate financing is factoring. In 2016, the total market volume of online alternative finance platforms in Belgium reached a value of approximately 51.5 million euros.
Have you obtained trade credit from your business partners in the past six months?
This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Trade credit - Are the following sources of financing relevant to your enterprise, that is, have you used them in the past or considered using them in the future? Have you obtained trade credit from your business partners in the past six months?"
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European Commission, & ECB. (December 2, 2020). Have you obtained trade credit from your business partners in the past six months? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/674804/use-of-trade-credit-for-smes-in-belgium/
European Commission, und ECB. "Have you obtained trade credit from your business partners in the past six months?." Chart. December 2, 2020. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/674804/use-of-trade-credit-for-smes-in-belgium/
European Commission, ECB. (2020). Have you obtained trade credit from your business partners in the past six months?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/674804/use-of-trade-credit-for-smes-in-belgium/
European Commission, and ECB. "Have You Obtained Trade Credit from Your Business Partners in The past Six Months?." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Dec 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/674804/use-of-trade-credit-for-smes-in-belgium/
European Commission & ECB, Have you obtained trade credit from your business partners in the past six months? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/674804/use-of-trade-credit-for-smes-in-belgium/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Have you obtained trade credit from your business partners in the past six months? [Graph], European Commission, & ECB, December 2, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/674804/use-of-trade-credit-for-smes-in-belgium/
