EU External Trade - VEGETABLE PLAITING MATERIALS; VEGETABLE PRODUCTS NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED, Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting (for example, bamboos, rattans, reeds, rushes, osier, raffia, cleaned, bleached or dyed cereal straw, and lime bark)

Extra-EU sourcing of VEGETABLE PLAITING MATERIALS; VEGETABLE PRODUCTS NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED, Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting (for example, bamboos, rattans, reeds, rushes, osier, raffia, cleaned, bleached or dyed cereal straw, and lime bark) is highly concentrated. 🇨🇳 China captures 79.5% of imports (€311.3M), followed by 🇹🇭 Thailand (4.0%). With an HHI of 6355, this Concentrated market exposes the EU to supply dependency risks.

The main extra-EU export markets for VEGETABLE PLAITING MATERIALS; VEGETABLE PRODUCTS NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED, Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting (for example, bamboos, rattans, reeds, rushes, osier, raffia, cleaned, bleached or dyed cereal straw, and lime bark) are 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, 🇦🇷 Argentina, 🇨🇭 Switzerland. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom absorbs 32.4% of European exports (€13.9M).

Within the EU, the leading importers of VEGETABLE PLAITING MATERIALS; VEGETABLE PRODUCTS NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED, Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting (for example, bamboos, rattans, reeds, rushes, osier, raffia, cleaned, bleached or dyed cereal straw, and lime bark) are 🇳🇱 Netherlands, 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇮🇹 Italy. 🇳🇱 Netherlands accounts for 39.0% of EU imports.

In 2025, imports were rising (7.9%) and exports rising (5.2%) compared to the previous year.