EU External Trade - INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES, Chlorates and perchlorates; bromates and perbromates; iodates and periodates

Extra-EU sourcing of INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES, Chlorates and perchlorates; bromates and perbromates; iodates and periodates is well diversified across 10 suppliers. The top five (🇧🇷 Brazil, 🇮🇳 India, 🇨🇦 Canada) account for 75.2% of the total. 🇧🇷 Brazil leads with 25.6% (€64.8M). An HHI of 1430 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, Chlorates and perchlorates; bromates and perbromates; iodates and periodates to 10 extra-EU markets, reflecting solid diversification. 🇺🇸 United States remains the largest client (13.6%, €23.6M), followed by 🇺🇸 United States, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, 🇳🇴 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, Chlorates and perchlorates; bromates and perbromates; iodates and periodates are 🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇫🇷 France, 🇮🇹 Italy. 🇧🇪 Belgium accounts for 36.6% of EU imports.

The year 2025 marked a turning point: both imports and exports were surging, shifting by 56.6% and 16.5% respectively.