EU External Trade - CORK AND ARTICLES OF CORK, Natural cork, debacked or roughly squared, or in rectangular (including square) blocks, plates, sheets or strip (including sharp-edged blanks for corks or stoppers)

Extra-EU sourcing of CORK AND ARTICLES OF CORK, Natural cork, debacked or roughly squared, or in rectangular (including square) blocks, plates, sheets or strip (including sharp-edged blanks for corks or stoppers) is highly concentrated. 🇩🇿 Algeria captures 39.5% of imports (€1.4M), followed by 🇨🇳 China (33.6%). With an HHI of 2775, this Concentrated market exposes the EU to supply dependency risks.

The main extra-EU export markets for CORK AND ARTICLES OF CORK, Natural cork, debacked or roughly squared, or in rectangular (including square) blocks, plates, sheets or strip (including sharp-edged blanks for corks or stoppers) are 🇧🇾 Belarus, 🇨🇳 China, 🇺🇸 United States. 🇧🇾 Belarus absorbs 33.3% of European exports (€4.0M).

Within the EU, 🇵🇹 Portugal concentrates 42.3% of CORK AND ARTICLES OF CORK, Natural cork, debacked or roughly squared, or in rectangular (including square) blocks, plates, sheets or strip (including sharp-edged blanks for corks or stoppers) imports, well ahead of 🇮🇹 Italy (19.2%). The top importing member states are 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇧🇪 Belgium.

The year 2025 marked a turning point: both imports and exports were surging, shifting by 103.9% and 129.3% respectively.