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

Extra-EU sourcing of INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES, Dithionites and sulphoxylates is highly concentrated. 🇮🇳 India captures 55.0% of imports (€10.4M), followed by 🇰🇷 South Korea (12.7%). With an HHI of 3462, this Concentrated market exposes the EU to supply dependency risks.

The EU exports INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES, Dithionites and sulphoxylates to 10 extra-EU markets, reflecting solid diversification. 🇺🇸 United States remains the largest client (18.0%, €36.9M), followed by 🇺🇸 United States, 🇹🇷 Türkiye, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom.

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, Dithionites and sulphoxylates are 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇪🇸 Spain. 🇩🇪 Germany accounts for 32.9% of EU imports.

In 2025, imports were stable (-1.4%) and exports declining (-9.0%) compared to the previous year.