EU External Trade - CORK AND ARTICLES OF CORK, Natural cork, raw or simply prepared; waste cork; crushed, granulated or ground cork

Extra-EU sourcing of CORK AND ARTICLES OF CORK, Natural cork, raw or simply prepared; waste cork; crushed, granulated or ground cork is highly concentrated. 🇲🇦 Morocco captures 53.2% of imports (€40.4M), followed by 🇹🇳 Tunisia (24.7%). With an HHI of 3700, this Concentrated market exposes the EU to supply dependency risks.

The EU exports CORK AND ARTICLES OF CORK, Natural cork, raw or simply prepared; waste cork; crushed, granulated or ground cork to 9 extra-EU markets, reflecting solid diversification. 🇺🇸 United States remains the largest client (20.9%, €22.5M), followed by 🇺🇸 United States, 🇨🇳 China, 🇧🇷 Brazil.

Within the EU, 🇵🇹 Portugal concentrates 59.7% of CORK AND ARTICLES OF CORK, Natural cork, raw or simply prepared; waste cork; crushed, granulated or ground cork imports, well ahead of 🇪🇸 Spain (28.3%). The top importing member states are 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇮🇹 Italy.

In 2025, imports were declining (-3.6%) and exports declining (-3.4%) compared to the previous year.