EU External Trade - GLASS AND GLASSWARE, Clock or watch glasses and similar glasses, glasses for non-corrective or corrective spectacles, curved, bent, hollowed or the like, not optically worked; hollow glass spheres and their segments, for the manufacture of such glasses

Extra-EU sourcing of GLASS AND GLASSWARE, Clock or watch glasses and similar glasses, glasses for non-corrective or corrective spectacles, curved, bent, hollowed or the like, not optically worked; hollow glass spheres and their segments, for the manufacture of such glasses is highly concentrated. 🇨🇭 Switzerland captures 50.5% of imports (€21.1M), followed by 🇨🇳 China (32.4%). With an HHI of 3693, this Concentrated market exposes the EU to supply dependency risks.

The main extra-EU export markets for GLASS AND GLASSWARE, Clock or watch glasses and similar glasses, glasses for non-corrective or corrective spectacles, curved, bent, hollowed or the like, not optically worked; hollow glass spheres and their segments, for the manufacture of such glasses are 🇨🇳 China, 🇹🇭 Thailand, 🇮🇳 India. 🇨🇳 China absorbs 42.1% of European exports (€29.8M).

Within the EU, the leading importers of GLASS AND GLASSWARE, Clock or watch glasses and similar glasses, glasses for non-corrective or corrective spectacles, curved, bent, hollowed or the like, not optically worked; hollow glass spheres and their segments, for the manufacture of such glasses are 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇫🇷 France, 🇮🇹 Italy. 🇩🇪 Germany accounts for 39.5% of EU imports.

In 2025, imports were stable (0.1%) and exports falling sharply (-15.9%) compared to the previous year.