EU External Trade - 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, Glasses for corrective spectacles

Extra-EU sourcing of 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, Glasses for corrective spectacles is highly concentrated. 🇲🇾 Malaysia captures 70.5% of imports (€3.9M), followed by 🇨🇳 China (13.5%). With an HHI of 5210, this Concentrated market exposes the EU to supply dependency risks.

The main extra-EU export markets for 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, Glasses for corrective spectacles are 🇹🇭 Thailand, 🇨🇳 China, 🇮🇳 India. 🇹🇭 Thailand absorbs 36.8% of European exports (€15.2M).

Within the EU, 🇩🇪 Germany concentrates 72.8% of 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, Glasses for corrective spectacles imports, well ahead of 🇮🇹 Italy (9.2%). The top importing member states are 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇫🇷 France.

In 2025, imports were falling sharply (-31.2%) and exports stable (-1.5%) compared to the previous year.