EU External Trade - NATURAL OR CULTURED PEARLS, PRECIOUS OR SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES, PRECIOUS METALS, METALS CLAD WITH PRECIOUS METAL, AND ARTICLES THEREOF; IMITATION JEWELLERY; COIN, Base metals, silver or gold, clad with platinum, not further worked than semi-manufactured

Extra-EU sourcing of NATURAL OR CULTURED PEARLS, PRECIOUS OR SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES, PRECIOUS METALS, METALS CLAD WITH PRECIOUS METAL, AND ARTICLES THEREOF; IMITATION JEWELLERY; COIN, Base metals, silver or gold, clad with platinum, not further worked than semi-manufactured is highly concentrated. 🇲🇳 Mongolia captures 45.4% of imports (€9.1M), followed by 🇨🇭 Switzerland (17.0%). With an HHI of 2649, this Concentrated market exposes the EU to supply dependency risks.

The main extra-EU export markets for NATURAL OR CULTURED PEARLS, PRECIOUS OR SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES, PRECIOUS METALS, METALS CLAD WITH PRECIOUS METAL, AND ARTICLES THEREOF; IMITATION JEWELLERY; COIN, Base metals, silver or gold, clad with platinum, not further worked than semi-manufactured are 🇸🇬 Singapore, 🇨🇭 Switzerland, 🇨🇳 China. 🇸🇬 Singapore absorbs 33.8% of European exports (€12.7M).

Within the EU, 🇮🇹 Italy concentrates 46.5% of NATURAL OR CULTURED PEARLS, PRECIOUS OR SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES, PRECIOUS METALS, METALS CLAD WITH PRECIOUS METAL, AND ARTICLES THEREOF; IMITATION JEWELLERY; COIN, Base metals, silver or gold, clad with platinum, not further worked than semi-manufactured imports, well ahead of 🇩🇪 Germany (15.2%). The top importing member states are 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇧🇪 Belgium.

In 2025, trade flows diverged: imports were falling sharply (-26.1%) while exports were surging (24.7%), signalling a structural market shift.