Imports
€2.3B
5.7M kg
Exports
€5.1B
12.5M kg
Balance
€2.8B
Surplus
Price/kg
€403.31/kg
Over the Jan 2022-Mar 2026 period, the EU recorded a trade surplus of €2.8B for Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis (for example, polarimeters, refractometers, spectrometers, gas or smoke analysis apparatus); instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like; instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking quantities of heat, sound or light (including exposure meters); microtomes, Spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs using optical radiation (UV, visible, IR) (NC8 90273000), a product with balanced trade flows. Exports reached €5.1B compared to €2.3B in imports. The average import price stood at €403.31/kg.
In 2025, imports were rising (9.9%) and exports stable (0.1%) compared to the previous year.
| # | Country | Value (EUR) | Share (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇺🇸 United States | €937.6M | 41.0% |
| 2 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | €234.7M | 10.3% |
| 3 | 🇨🇳 China | €190.2M | 8.3% |
| 4 | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | €175.6M | 7.7% |
| 5 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | €166.4M | 7.3% |
| # | Country | Value (EUR) | Share (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇺🇸 United States | €1.2B | 23.3% |
| 2 | 🇨🇳 China | €997.6M | 19.7% |
| 3 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | €290.3M | 5.7% |
| 4 | 🇮🇳 India | €239.8M | 4.7% |
| 5 | 🇸🇬 Singapore | €213.3M | 4.2% |
| 6 | 🇯🇵 Japan | €61.4M | 1.2% |
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€403.31/kg
€405.19/kg
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ConcentratedThird-country sourcing partners
| # | Partner | Value (EUR) | kg | €/kg | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇺🇸 United States | €937.6M | 1.3Mt | €720.21/kg | 55.0% | |
| 2 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | €234.7M | 688Kt | €341.11/kg | 13.8% | |
| 3 | 🇨🇳 China | €190.2M | 935Kt | €203.45/kg | 11.2% | |
| 4 | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | €175.6M | 402Kt | €436.42/kg | 10.3% | |
| 5 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | €166.4M | 337Kt | €494.06/kg | 9.8% |
Third-country target markets
| # | Partner | Value (EUR) | kg | €/kg | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇺🇸 United States | €1.2B | 2.3Mt | €503.55/kg | 39.6% | |
| 2 | 🇨🇳 China | €997.6M | 1.8Mt | €552.45/kg | 33.4% | |
| 3 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | €290.3M | 881Kt | €329.54/kg | 9.7% | |
| 4 | 🇮🇳 India | €239.8M | 653Kt | €367.51/kg | 8.0% | |
| 5 | 🇸🇬 Singapore | €213.3M | 397Kt | €537.44/kg | 7.1% | |
| 6 | 🇯🇵 Japan | €61.4M | 133Kt | €461.36/kg | 2.1% |