EU External Trade - INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES, Sulphates; alums; peroxosulphates (persulphates)

Extra-EU sourcing of INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES, Sulphates; alums; peroxosulphates (persulphates) is well diversified across 10 suppliers. The top five (🇨🇳 China, 🇹🇷 Türkiye, 🇮🇳 India) account for 66.3% of the total. 🇨🇳 China leads with 32.3% (€450.8M). An HHI of 1461 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, Sulphates; alums; peroxosulphates (persulphates) to 10 extra-EU markets, reflecting solid diversification. 🇧🇷 Brazil remains the largest client (10.1%, €228.6M), followed by 🇧🇷 Brazil, 🇺🇸 United States, 🇬🇧 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, Sulphates; alums; peroxosulphates (persulphates) are 🇳🇱 Netherlands, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇸🇪 Sweden. 🇳🇱 Netherlands accounts for 13.5% of EU imports.

In 2025, imports were surging (23.6%) and exports rising (3.9%) compared to the previous year.