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

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, Manganese oxides are 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇨🇳 China, 🇺🇸 United States. 🇳🇴 Norway leads with 26.6% of total imports (€60.7M). The HHI concentration index stands at 1600, 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, Manganese oxides to 10 extra-EU markets, reflecting solid diversification. 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates remains the largest client (23.8%, €25.1M), followed by 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates, 🇯🇵 Japan, 🇨🇳 China.

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, Manganese oxides are 🇳🇱 Netherlands, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇪🇸 Spain. 🇳🇱 Netherlands accounts for 27.8% of EU imports.

The year 2025 marked a turning point: both imports and exports were falling sharply, shifting by -31.6% and -31.4% respectively.