EU External Trade - INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES, Other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids (including aluminosilicates whether or not chemically defined), other than azides

Extra-EU sourcing of INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES, Other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids (including aluminosilicates whether or not chemically defined), other than azides is highly concentrated. 🇨🇳 China captures 40.0% of imports (€488.2M), followed by 🇯🇵 Japan (24.9%). With an HHI of 2731, this Concentrated market exposes the EU to supply dependency risks.

The main extra-EU export markets for INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES, Other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids (including aluminosilicates whether or not chemically defined), other than azides are 🇺🇸 United States, 🇲🇰 North Macedonia, 🇨🇳 China. 🇺🇸 United States absorbs 41.0% of European exports (€616.5M).

Within the EU, 🇳🇱 Netherlands concentrates 41.6% of INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES, Other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids (including aluminosilicates whether or not chemically defined), other than azides imports, well ahead of 🇵🇱 Poland (14.7%). The top importing member states are 🇳🇱 Netherlands, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇩🇪 Germany.

In 2025, imports were declining (-10.4%) and exports stable (2.7%) compared to the previous year.