EU External Trade - Structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading|9406) and parts of structures (for example, bridges and bridge-sections, lock-gates, towers, lattice masts, roofs, roofing frameworks, doors and windows and their frames and thresholds for doors, shutters, balustrades, pillars and columns), of iron or steel; plates, rods, angles, shapes, sections, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures, of iron or steel, Towers and lattice masts

Extra-EU sourcing of Structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading|9406) and parts of structures (for example, bridges and bridge-sections, lock-gates, towers, lattice masts, roofs, roofing frameworks, doors and windows and their frames and thresholds for doors, shutters, balustrades, pillars and columns), of iron or steel; plates, rods, angles, shapes, sections, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures, of iron or steel, Towers and lattice masts is highly concentrated. 🇹🇷 Türkiye captures 55.1% of imports (€1.6B), followed by 🇨🇳 China (17.9%). With an HHI of 3495, this Concentrated market exposes the EU to supply dependency risks.

The main extra-EU export markets for Structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading|9406) and parts of structures (for example, bridges and bridge-sections, lock-gates, towers, lattice masts, roofs, roofing frameworks, doors and windows and their frames and thresholds for doors, shutters, balustrades, pillars and columns), of iron or steel; plates, rods, angles, shapes, sections, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures, of iron or steel, Towers and lattice masts are 🇺🇸 United States, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, 🇶🇼 QW. 🇺🇸 United States absorbs 39.7% of European exports (€1.2B).

Within the EU, the leading importers of Structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading|9406) and parts of structures (for example, bridges and bridge-sections, lock-gates, towers, lattice masts, roofs, roofing frameworks, doors and windows and their frames and thresholds for doors, shutters, balustrades, pillars and columns), of iron or steel; plates, rods, angles, shapes, sections, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures, of iron or steel, Towers and lattice masts are 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇸🇪 Sweden. 🇩🇪 Germany accounts for 17.4% of EU imports.

In 2024, trade flows diverged: imports were falling sharply (-19.5%) while exports were surging (15.9%), signalling a structural market shift.