EU External Trade - INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES, Borates; peroxoborates (perborates)

Extra-EU sourcing of INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES, Borates; peroxoborates (perborates) is highly concentrated. 🇹🇷 Türkiye captures 79.6% of imports (€468.8M), followed by 🇺🇸 United States (10.8%). With an HHI of 6467, 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, Borates; peroxoborates (perborates) to 10 extra-EU markets, reflecting solid diversification. 🇳🇴 Norway remains the largest client (22.1%, €29.9M), followed by 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇺🇸 United States, 🇽🇸 XS.

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, Borates; peroxoborates (perborates) are 🇳🇱 Netherlands, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇮🇹 Italy. 🇳🇱 Netherlands accounts for 33.1% of EU imports.

In 2025, imports were stable (-0.5%) and exports surging (54.7%) compared to the previous year.