Imports
€18.7B
1.1B kg
Exports
€46.0B
1.8B kg
Balance
€27.3B
Surplus
Price/kg
€17.61/kg
Over the Jan 2022-Mar 2026 period, the EU recorded a trade surplus of €27.3B for NUCLEAR REACTORS, BOILERS, MACHINERY AND MECHANICAL APPLIANCES; PARTS THEREOF, Machinery, plant or laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated (excluding furnaces, ovens and other equipment of heading|8514), for the treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature such as heating, cooking, roasting, distilling, rectifying, sterilising, pasteurising, steaming, drying, evaporating, vaporising, condensing or cooling, other than machinery or plant of a kind used for domestic purposes; instantaneous or storage water heaters, non-electric (NC8 8419), a predominantly exported product. Exports reached €46.0B compared to €18.7B in imports. The average import price stood at €17.61/kg.
In 2025, trade flows diverged: imports were rising (13.4%) while exports were declining (-3.4%), signalling a structural market shift.
| # | Country | Value (EUR) | Share (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇨🇳 China | €5.3B | 28.3% |
| 2 | 🇺🇸 United States | €3.2B | 16.9% |
| 3 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | €2.5B | 13.6% |
| 4 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | €1.9B | 10.1% |
| 5 | 🇹🇷 Türkiye | €526.8M | 2.8% |
| 6 | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | €409.9M | 2.2% |
| 7 | 🇮🇳 India | €315.0M | 1.7% |
| 8 | 🇵🇭 Philippines | €237.4M | 1.3% |
| 9 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | €167.6M | 0.9% |
| 10 | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | €153.4M | 0.8% |
| # | Country | Value (EUR) | Share (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇺🇸 United States | €10.0B | 21.7% |
| 2 | 🇨🇳 China | €4.5B | 9.8% |
| 3 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | €3.7B | 8.0% |
| 4 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | €1.7B | 3.7% |
| 5 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | €999.6M | 2.2% |
| 6 | 🇹🇷 Türkiye | €886.3M | 1.9% |
| 7 | 🇲🇽 Mexico | €504.6M | 1.1% |
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ModerateThird-country sourcing partners
| # | Partner | Value (EUR) | kg | €/kg | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇨🇳 China | €5.3B | 500.1Mt | €10.57/kg | 36.0% | |
| 2 | 🇺🇸 United States | €3.2B | 46.7Mt | €67.53/kg | 21.5% | |
| 3 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | €2.5B | 79.1Mt | €32.14/kg | 17.3% | |
| 4 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | €1.9B | 66.2Mt | €28.48/kg | 12.8% | |
| 5 | 🇹🇷 Turkey | €526.8M | 58.9Mt | €8.94/kg | 3.6% | |
| 6 | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | €409.9M | 27.0Mt | €15.19/kg | 2.8% | |
| 7 | 🇮🇳 India | €315.0M | 26.8Mt | €11.77/kg | 2.1% | |
| 8 | 🇵🇭 Philippines | €237.4M | 771Kt | €307.85/kg | 1.6% | |
| 9 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | €167.6M | 10.5Mt | €15.92/kg | 1.1% | |
| 10 | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | €153.4M | 3.8Mt | €40.88/kg | 1.0% |
Third-country target markets
| # | Partner | Value (EUR) | kg | €/kg | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇺🇸 United States | €10.0B | 349.0Mt | €28.52/kg | 43.0% | |
| 2 | 🇨🇳 China | €4.5B | 132.7Mt | €34.09/kg | 19.6% | |
| 3 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | €3.7B | 140.4Mt | €26.22/kg | 15.9% | |
| 4 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | €1.7B | 96.1Mt | €17.91/kg | 7.4% | |
| 5 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | €999.6M | 22.9Mt | €43.66/kg | 4.3% | |
| 6 | 🇹🇷 Turkey | €886.3M | 52.3Mt | €16.95/kg | 3.8% | |
| 7 | 🇲🇽 Mexico | €504.6M | 22.4Mt | €22.51/kg | 2.2% | |
| 8 | 🇦🇺 Australia | €391.5M | 11.1Mt | €35.34/kg | 1.7% | |
| 9 | 🇮🇳 India | €299.4M | 12.2Mt | €24.57/kg | 1.3% | |
| 10 | 🇷🇺 Russia | €165.9M | 13.1Mt | €12.69/kg | 0.7% |
| 8 |
| 🇦🇺 Australia |
| €391.5M |
| 0.9% |
| 9 | 🇮🇳 India | €299.4M | 0.7% |
| 10 | 🇷🇺 Russia | €165.9M | 0.4% |