EU External Trade - INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES, Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare-earth metals, of yttrium or of scandium or of mixtures of these metals

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, Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare-earth metals, of yttrium or of scandium or of mixtures of these metals are 🇨🇳 China, 🇷🇺 Russia, 🇳🇴 Norway. 🇨🇳 China leads with 29.9% of total imports (€150.0M). The HHI concentration index stands at 1667, indicating a Moderate market.

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, Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare-earth metals, of yttrium or of scandium or of mixtures of these metals are 🇯🇵 Japan, 🇺🇸 United States, 🇷🇺 Russia. 🇯🇵 Japan absorbs 39.1% of European exports (€193.0M).

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, Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare-earth metals, of yttrium or of scandium or of mixtures of these metals are 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇫🇷 France, 🇪🇪 Estonia. 🇩🇪 Germany accounts for 23.4% of EU imports.

The year 2025 marked a turning point: both imports and exports were surging, shifting by 20.2% and 28.3% respectively.