Imports
โฌ11.6B
685.4M kg
Exports
โฌ1.5B
690.7M kg
Balance
โฌ-10.1B
Deficit
Price/kg
โฌ16.96/kg
Between Jan 2022 and Mar 2026, the EU ran a trade deficit of โฌ10.1B for ORES, SLAG AND ASH, Precious-metal ores and concentrates (NC8 2616), a predominantly imported product. Imports reached โฌ11.6B versus โฌ1.5B in exports. The average import cost stood at โฌ16.96/kg.
| โฌ5.9B |
| 50.8% |
| 2 | ๐ช๐จ Ecuador | โฌ1.6B | 13.5% |
| 3 | ๐จ๐ฆ Canada | โฌ1.2B | 10.5% |
| 4 | ๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico | โฌ922.3M | 7.9% |
| 5 | ๐ฆ๐ท Argentina | โฌ306.0M | 2.6% |
| 6 | ๐ต๐ฌ Papua New Guinea | โฌ291.7M | 2.5% |
| 7 | ๐ต๐ช Peru | โฌ101.3M | 0.9% |
| 8 | ๐ฒ๐ณ Mongolia | โฌ52.2M | 0.4% |
| 9 | ๐จ๐ณ China | โฌ26.6M | 0.2% |
| 10 | ๐บ๐ธ United States | โฌ1.9M | 0.0% |
| # | Country | Value (EUR) | Share (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ๐จ๐ณ China | โฌ585.7M | 38.6% |
| 2 | ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland | โฌ304.0M | 20.0% |
| 3 | ๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom | โฌ181.3M | 12.0% |
| 4 | ๐ฒ๐พ Malaysia | โฌ162.1M | 10.7% |
| 5 | ๐จ๐ฆ Canada | โฌ84.2M | 5.6% |
| 6 | ๐น๐ญ Thailand | โฌ390K | 0.0% |
| 7 | ๐ง๐พ Belarus | โฌ129K | 0.0% |
| 8 | ๐ง๐ท Brazil | โฌ76K | 0.0% |
| 9 | ๐ฆ๐ช United Arab Emirates | โฌ52K | 0.0% |
| 10 | ๐ถ๐ธ QS | โฌ19K | 0.0% |
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โฌ16.96/kg
โฌ2.20/kg
3,687
ConcentratedThird-country sourcing partners
| # | Partner | Value (EUR) | kg | โฌ/kg | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa | โฌ5.9B | 2.0Mt | โฌ2.9K/kg | 56.8% | |
| 2 | ๐ช๐จ Ecuador | โฌ1.6B | 225.0Mt | โฌ6.98/kg | 15.1% | |
| 3 | ๐จ๐ฆ Canada | โฌ1.2B | 792Kt | โฌ1.5K/kg | 11.8% | |
| 4 | ๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico | โฌ922.3M | 154.9Mt | โฌ5.96/kg | 8.9% | |
| 5 | ๐ฆ๐ท Argentina | โฌ306.0M | 31.5Mt | โฌ9.71/kg | 2.9% | |
| 6 | ๐ต๐ฌ PG | โฌ291.7M | 26.4Mt | โฌ11.03/kg | 2.8% | |
| 7 | ๐ต๐ช Peru | โฌ101.3M | 13.7Mt | โฌ7.41/kg | 1.0% | |
| 8 | ๐ฒ๐ณ MN | โฌ52.2M | 6.6Mt | โฌ7.90/kg | 0.5% | |
| 9 | ๐จ๐ณ China | โฌ26.6M | 3.4Mt | โฌ7.87/kg | 0.3% | |
| 10 | ๐บ๐ธ United States | โฌ1.9M | 104Kt | โฌ18.27/kg | 0.0% |
Third-country target markets
| # | Partner | Value (EUR) | kg | โฌ/kg | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ๐จ๐ณ China | โฌ585.7M | 437.9Mt | โฌ1.34/kg | 44.4% | |
| 2 | ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland | โฌ304.0M | 9Kt | โฌ32.5K/kg | 23.1% | |
| 3 | ๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom | โฌ181.3M | 32Kt | โฌ5.6K/kg | 13.8% | |
| 4 | ๐ฒ๐พ Malaysia | โฌ162.1M | 47.2Mt | โฌ3.43/kg | 12.3% | |
| 5 | ๐จ๐ฆ Canada | โฌ84.2M | 4.1Mt | โฌ20.73/kg | 6.4% | |
| 6 | ๐น๐ญ Thailand | โฌ390K | 1.9Mt | โฌ0.2104/kg | 0.0% | |
| 7 | ๐ง๐พ Belarus | โฌ129K | 170 | โฌ756.62/kg | 0.0% | |
| 8 | ๐ง๐ท Brazil | โฌ76K | 16Kt | โฌ4.75/kg | 0.0% | |
| 9 | ๐ฆ๐ช United Arab Emirates | โฌ52K | 97Kt | โฌ0.5292/kg | 0.0% | |
| 10 | ๐ถ๐ธ QS | โฌ19K | 162 | โฌ118.93/kg | 0.0% |