EU External Trade - INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES, Other inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals

Extra-EU sourcing of INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES, Other inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals is well diversified across 10 suppliers. The top five (🇨🇳 China, 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇹🇷 Türkiye) account for 66.5% of the total. 🇨🇳 China leads with 35.0% (€764.9M). An HHI of 1493 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, Other inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals to 10 extra-EU markets, reflecting solid diversification. 🇺🇸 United States remains the largest client (21.6%, €527.6M), followed by 🇺🇸 United States, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, 🇹🇷 Türkiye.

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, Other inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals are 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇳🇱 Netherlands, 🇧🇪 Belgium. 🇩🇪 Germany accounts for 20.9% of EU imports.

In 2025, imports were stable (0.5%) and exports declining (-8.8%) compared to the previous year.