Imports
€291.3M
15.8M kg
Exports
€15.6M
942K kg
Balance
€-275.6M
Deficit
Price/kg
€18.42/kg
Between Jan 2026 and Mar 2026, the EU ran a trade deficit of €275.6M for Other, Lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxides (NC8 28419040), a predominantly imported product. Imports reached €291.3M versus €15.6M in exports. The average import cost stood at €18.42/kg.
| 2 | 🇨🇳 China | €124.3M | 42.7% |
| 3 | 🇯🇵 Japan | €27.0M | 9.3% |
| 4 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | €4K | 0.0% |
| 5 | 🇹🇷 Türkiye | €235 | 0.0% |
| # | Country | Value (EUR) | Share (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇨🇳 China | €11.5M | 73.3% |
| 2 | 🇺🇸 United States | €2.8M | 18.1% |
| 3 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | €1.3M | 8.1% |
| 4 | 🇹🇷 Türkiye | €79K | 0.5% |
| 5 | 🇪🇬 Egypt | €3K | 0.0% |
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€18.42/kg
€16.61/kg
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ConcentratedThird-country sourcing partners
| # | Partner | Value (EUR) | kg | €/kg | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | €139.9M | 7.7Mt | €18.27/kg | 48.0% | |
| 2 | 🇨🇳 China | €124.3M | 7.1Mt | €17.59/kg | 42.7% | |
| 3 | 🇯🇵 Japan | €27.0M | 1.1Mt | €24.94/kg | 9.3% | |
| 4 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | €4K | 19 | €200.58/kg | 0.0% | |
| 5 | 🇹🇷 Turkey | €235 | 1 | €235.00/kg | 0.0% |
Third-country target markets
| # | Partner | Value (EUR) | kg | €/kg | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇨🇳 China | €11.5M | 707Kt | €16.22/kg | 73.3% | |
| 2 | 🇺🇸 United States | €2.8M | 152Kt | €18.60/kg | 18.1% | |
| 3 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | €1.3M | 63Kt | €20.01/kg | 8.1% | |
| 4 | 🇹🇷 Turkey | €79K | 19Kt | €4.09/kg | 0.5% | |
| 5 | 🇪🇬 Egypt | €3K | 204 | €15.54/kg | 0.0% |