Imports
€903.5M
142.5M kg
Exports
€1.3B
300.7M kg
Balance
€349.0M
Surplus
Price/kg
€6.34/kg
Over the Jan 2022-Mar 2026 period, the EU recorded a trade surplus of €349.0M for SOAP, ORGANIC SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS, WASHING PREPARATIONS, LUBRICATING PREPARATIONS, ARTIFICIAL WAXES, PREPARED WAXES, POLISHING OR SCOURING PREPARATIONS, CANDLES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES, MODELLING PASTES, 'DENTAL WAXES' AND DENTAL PREPARATIONS WITH A BASIS OF PLASTER, Polishes and creams, for footwear, furniture, floors, coachwork, glass or metal, scouring pastes and powders and similar preparations (whether or not in the form of paper, wadding, felt, nonwovens, cellular plastics or cellular rubber, impregnated, coated or covered with such preparations), excluding waxes of heading|3404 (NC8 3405), a product with balanced trade flows. Exports reached €1.3B compared to €903.5M in imports. The average import price stood at €6.34/kg.
In 2025, imports were declining (-4.6%) and exports stable (-1.0%) compared to the previous year.
| # | Country | Value (EUR) | Share (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇺🇸 United States | €418.9M | 46.4% |
| 2 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | €163.9M | 18.1% |
| 3 | 🇹🇷 Türkiye | €76.3M | 8.4% |
| 4 | 🇯🇵 Japan | €74.2M | 8.2% |
| 5 | 🇨🇳 China | €53.6M | 5.9% |
| 6 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | €38.4M | 4.2% |
| 7 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | €13.2M | 1.5% |
| 8 | 🇶🇼 QW | €1.7M | 0.2% |
| 9 | 🇽🇸 XS | €529K | 0.1% |
| 10 | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | €339K | 0.0% |
| # | Country | Value (EUR) | Share (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | €149.4M | 11.9% |
| 2 | 🇺🇸 United States | €127.3M | 10.2% |
| 3 | 🇨🇳 China | €70.6M | 5.6% |
| 4 | 🇯🇵 Japan | €69.3M | 5.5% |
| 5 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | €55.2M | 4.4% |
| 6 | 🇷🇺 Russia | €29.5M | 2.4% |
| 7 | 🇳🇴 Norway | €21.1M | 1.7% |
| 8 |
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ConcentratedThird-country sourcing partners
| # | Partner | Value (EUR) | kg | €/kg | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇺🇸 United States | €418.9M | 49.8Mt | €8.42/kg | 49.8% | |
| 2 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | €163.9M | 47.9Mt | €3.42/kg | 19.5% | |
| 3 | 🇹🇷 Turkey | €76.3M | 12.9Mt | €5.93/kg | 9.1% | |
| 4 | 🇯🇵 Japan | €74.2M | 7.5Mt | €9.91/kg | 8.8% | |
| 5 | 🇨🇳 China | €53.6M | 9.6Mt | €5.59/kg | 6.4% | |
| 6 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | €38.4M | 2.8Mt | €13.52/kg | 4.6% | |
| 7 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | €13.2M | 739Kt | €17.92/kg | 1.6% | |
| 8 | 🇶🇼 QW | €1.7M | 542Kt | €3.15/kg | 0.2% | |
| 9 | 🇽🇸 XS | €529K | 113Kt | €4.67/kg | 0.1% | |
| 10 | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | €339K | 36Kt | €9.51/kg | 0.0% |
Third-country target markets
| # | Partner | Value (EUR) | kg | €/kg | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | €149.4M | 70.1Mt | €2.13/kg | 26.0% | |
| 2 | 🇺🇸 United States | €127.3M | 16.6Mt | €7.69/kg | 22.2% | |
| 3 | 🇨🇳 China | €70.6M | 17.2Mt | €4.10/kg | 12.3% | |
| 4 | 🇯🇵 Japan | €69.3M | 4.4Mt | €15.70/kg | 12.1% | |
| 5 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | €55.2M | 11.3Mt | €4.88/kg | 9.6% | |
| 6 | 🇷🇺 Russia | €29.5M | 3.3Mt | €8.86/kg | 5.1% | |
| 7 | 🇳🇴 Norway | €21.1M | 2.7Mt | €7.88/kg | 3.7% | |
| 8 | 🇹🇷 Turkey | €19.1M | 2.1Mt | €8.97/kg | 3.3% | |
| 9 | 🇨🇦 Canada | €17.0M | 16.4Mt | €1.04/kg | 3.0% | |
| 10 | 🇮🇳 India | €15.6M | 3.8Mt | €4.07/kg | 2.7% |
| 🇹🇷 Türkiye |
| €19.1M |
| 1.5% |
| 9 | 🇨🇦 Canada | €17.0M | 1.4% |
| 10 | 🇮🇳 India | €15.6M | 1.2% |