EU External Trade - INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES, III. HALOGEN OR SULPHUR 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, III. HALOGEN OR SULPHUR COMPOUNDS OF NON-METALS is highly concentrated. 🇺🇸 United States captures 49.1% of imports (€80.5M), followed by 🇨🇳 China (15.6%). With an HHI of 2934, this Concentrated market exposes the EU to supply dependency risks.

The main extra-EU export markets for INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES, III. HALOGEN OR SULPHUR COMPOUNDS OF NON-METALS are 🇺🇸 United States, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, 🇨🇭 Switzerland. 🇺🇸 United States absorbs 31.2% of European exports (€125.3M).

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, III. HALOGEN OR SULPHUR COMPOUNDS OF NON-METALS are 🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇫🇷 France. 🇧🇪 Belgium accounts for 27.2% of EU imports.

In 2025, imports were stable (2.7%) and exports stable (0.3%) compared to the previous year.