EU External Trade - Auxiliary machinery for use with machines of heading|8444, 8445, 8446|or 8447|(for example, dobbies, jacquards, automatic stop motions, shuttle changing mechanisms); parts and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of this heading or of heading|8444, 8445, 8446|or 8447|(for example, spindles and spindle flyers, card clothing, combs, extruding nipples, shuttles, healds and heald-frames, hosiery needles), Parts and accessories of machines of heading|8444|or of their auxiliary machinery

Extra-EU sourcing of Auxiliary machinery for use with machines of heading|8444, 8445, 8446|or 8447|(for example, dobbies, jacquards, automatic stop motions, shuttle changing mechanisms); parts and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of this heading or of heading|8444, 8445, 8446|or 8447|(for example, spindles and spindle flyers, card clothing, combs, extruding nipples, shuttles, healds and heald-frames, hosiery needles), Parts and accessories of machines of heading|8444|or of their auxiliary machinery is highly concentrated. 🇨🇳 China captures 41.0% of imports (€79.6M), followed by 🇨🇭 Switzerland (35.1%). With an HHI of 3022, this Concentrated market exposes the EU to supply dependency risks.

The main extra-EU export markets for Auxiliary machinery for use with machines of heading|8444, 8445, 8446|or 8447|(for example, dobbies, jacquards, automatic stop motions, shuttle changing mechanisms); parts and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of this heading or of heading|8444, 8445, 8446|or 8447|(for example, spindles and spindle flyers, card clothing, combs, extruding nipples, shuttles, healds and heald-frames, hosiery needles), Parts and accessories of machines of heading|8444|or of their auxiliary machinery are 🇨🇳 China, 🇺🇸 United States, 🇨🇭 Switzerland. 🇨🇳 China absorbs 34.9% of European exports (€161.2M).

Within the EU, 🇩🇪 Germany concentrates 55.3% of Auxiliary machinery for use with machines of heading|8444, 8445, 8446|or 8447|(for example, dobbies, jacquards, automatic stop motions, shuttle changing mechanisms); parts and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of this heading or of heading|8444, 8445, 8446|or 8447|(for example, spindles and spindle flyers, card clothing, combs, extruding nipples, shuttles, healds and heald-frames, hosiery needles), Parts and accessories of machines of heading|8444|or of their auxiliary machinery imports, well ahead of 🇮🇹 Italy (24.6%). The top importing member states are 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇳🇱 Netherlands.