EU External Trade - INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES, VI. MISCELLANEOUS

The main extra-EU suppliers of INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES, VI. MISCELLANEOUS are 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, 🇨🇭 Switzerland, 🇺🇸 United States. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom leads with 43.9% of total imports (€2.3B). The HHI concentration index stands at 2434, indicating a Moderate market.

The EU exports INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES, VI. MISCELLANEOUS to 10 extra-EU markets, reflecting solid diversification. 🇿🇦 South Africa remains the largest client (30.3%, €2.3B), followed by 🇿🇦 South Africa, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, 🇨🇳 China.

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, VI. MISCELLANEOUS are 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇫🇷 France, 🇳🇱 Netherlands. 🇩🇪 Germany accounts for 35.0% of EU imports.

The year 2025 marked a turning point: both imports and exports were surging, shifting by 18.0% and 18.7% respectively.