EU External Trade - INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES, Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined; aluminium oxide; aluminium hydroxide

Extra-EU sourcing of INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES, Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined; aluminium oxide; aluminium hydroxide is well diversified across 10 suppliers. The top five (🇨🇳 China, 🇺🇸 United States, 🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina) account for 72.2% of the total. 🇨🇳 China leads with 20.3% (€722.1M). An HHI of 1218 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, Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined; aluminium oxide; aluminium hydroxide to 10 extra-EU markets, reflecting solid diversification. 🇷🇺 Russia remains the largest client (23.4%, €1.2B), followed by 🇷🇺 Russia, 🇺🇸 United States, 🇳🇴 Norway.

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, Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined; aluminium oxide; aluminium hydroxide are 🇳🇱 Netherlands, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇫🇷 France. 🇳🇱 Netherlands accounts for 33.1% of EU imports.

In 2025, imports were stable (-0.7%) and exports stable (-1.9%) compared to the previous year.