EU External Trade - INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES, Chromium oxides and hydroxides

The main extra-EU suppliers of INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES, Chromium oxides and hydroxides are 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan, 🇨🇳 China, 🇹🇷 Türkiye. 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan leads with 31.2% of total imports (€76.1M). The HHI concentration index stands at 1782, indicating a Moderate market.

The EU exports INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES, Chromium oxides and hydroxides to 10 extra-EU markets, reflecting solid diversification. 🇺🇸 United States remains the largest client (28.0%, €32.9M), followed by 🇺🇸 United States, 🇹🇷 Türkiye, 🇯🇵 Japan.

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, Chromium oxides and hydroxides are 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇮🇹 Italy. 🇪🇸 Spain accounts for 37.5% of EU imports.

In 2025, imports were declining (-13.4%) and exports declining (-10.2%) compared to the previous year.