EU External Trade - INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES, Carbon (carbon blacks and other forms of carbon not elsewhere specified or included)

Extra-EU sourcing of INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES, Carbon (carbon blacks and other forms of carbon not elsewhere specified or included) is well diversified across 9 suppliers. The top five (🇷🇺 Russia, 🇨🇳 China, 🇪🇬 Egypt) account for 76.4% of the total. 🇷🇺 Russia leads with 25.8% (€901.0M). An HHI of 1395 confirms a Competitive market.

The EU exports INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES, Carbon (carbon blacks and other forms of carbon not elsewhere specified or included) to 5 extra-EU markets, reflecting solid diversification. 🇨🇳 China remains the largest client (23.6%, €604.3M), followed by 🇨🇳 China, 🇹🇷 Türkiye, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom.

Within the EU, the leading importers of INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES, Carbon (carbon blacks and other forms of carbon not elsewhere specified or included) are 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇭🇺 Hungary, 🇩🇪 Germany. 🇵🇱 Poland accounts for 31.6% of EU imports.

In 2025, imports were falling sharply (-15.7%) and exports declining (-7.0%) compared to the previous year.