Imports
€112.1B
1.4B kg
Exports
€146.1B
1.2B kg
Balance
€34.0B
Surplus
Price/kg
€78.06/kg
Over the Jan 2022-Mar 2026 period, the EU recorded a trade surplus of €34.0B for OPTICAL, PHOTOGRAPHIC, CINEMATOGRAPHIC, MEASURING, CHECKING, PRECISION, MEDICAL OR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF, Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electromedical apparatus and sight-testing instruments (NC8 9018), a product with balanced trade flows. Exports reached €146.1B compared to €112.1B in imports. The average import price stood at €78.06/kg.
| # | Country | Value (EUR) | Share (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇺🇸 United States | €43.2B | 38.5% |
| 2 | 🇨🇳 China | €10.6B | 9.4% |
| 3 | 🇲🇽 Mexico | €10.2B | 9.1% |
| 4 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | €5.9B | 5.2% |
| 5 | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | €5.1B | 4.5% |
| 6 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | €4.3B | 3.8% |
| 7 | 🇯🇵 Japan | €3.6B | 3.2% |
| 8 | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | €2.4B | 2.1% |
| 9 | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | €1.3B | 1.2% |
| 10 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | €1.0B | 0.9% |
| # | Country | Value (EUR) | Share (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇺🇸 United States | €49.7B | 34.0% |
| 2 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | €16.2B | 11.1% |
| 3 | 🇨🇳 China | €10.3B | 7.0% |
| 4 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | €7.3B | 5.0% |
| 5 | 🇯🇵 Japan | €4.5B | 3.1% |
| 6 | 🇷🇺 Russia | €2.4B | 1.6% |
| 7 | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | €716.5M | 0.5% |
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€78.06/kg
€125.19/kg
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ConcentratedThird-country sourcing partners
| # | Partner | Value (EUR) | kg | €/kg | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇺🇸 United States | €43.2B | 238.7Mt | €180.89/kg | 49.3% | |
| 2 | 🇨🇳 China | €10.6B | 369.9Mt | €28.54/kg | 12.1% | |
| 3 | 🇲🇽 Mexico | €10.2B | 87.1Mt | €117.37/kg | 11.7% | |
| 4 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | €5.9B | 62.6Mt | €93.90/kg | 6.7% | |
| 5 | 🇨🇷 CR | €5.1B | 19.2Mt | €264.70/kg | 5.8% | |
| 6 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | €4.3B | 77.3Mt | €55.79/kg | 4.9% | |
| 7 | 🇯🇵 Japan | €3.6B | 24.3Mt | €147.61/kg | 4.1% | |
| 8 | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | €2.4B | 33.3Mt | €71.84/kg | 2.7% | |
| 9 | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | €1.3B | 15.7Mt | €83.03/kg | 1.5% | |
| 10 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | €1.0B | 6.2Mt | €168.73/kg | 1.2% |
Third-country target markets
| # | Partner | Value (EUR) | kg | €/kg | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇺🇸 United States | €49.7B | 243.5Mt | €204.16/kg | 54.0% | |
| 2 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | €16.2B | 165.9Mt | €97.90/kg | 17.6% | |
| 3 | 🇨🇳 China | €10.3B | 70.7Mt | €145.12/kg | 11.1% | |
| 4 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | €7.3B | 56.9Mt | €128.16/kg | 7.9% | |
| 5 | 🇯🇵 Japan | €4.5B | 21.0Mt | €214.78/kg | 4.9% | |
| 6 | 🇷🇺 Russia | €2.4B | 28.7Mt | €82.34/kg | 2.6% | |
| 7 | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | €716.5M | 3.8Mt | €189.57/kg | 0.8% | |
| 8 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | €567.8M | 14.6Mt | €39.01/kg | 0.6% | |
| 9 | 🇲🇽 Mexico | €275.1M | 7.4Mt | €37.25/kg | 0.3% | |
| 10 | 🇳🇴 Norway | €206.6M | 1.4Mt | €145.14/kg | 0.2% |
| 8 |
| 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| €567.8M |
| 0.4% |
| 9 | 🇲🇽 Mexico | €275.1M | 0.2% |
| 10 | 🇳🇴 Norway | €206.6M | 0.1% |