EU External Trade - MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, Date, sealing or numbering stamps, and the like (including devices for printing or embossing labels), designed for operating in the hand; hand-operated composing sticks and hand printing sets incorporating such composing sticks

Extra-EU sourcing of MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, Date, sealing or numbering stamps, and the like (including devices for printing or embossing labels), designed for operating in the hand; hand-operated composing sticks and hand printing sets incorporating such composing sticks is highly concentrated. 🇨🇳 China captures 61.5% of imports (€79.0M), followed by 🇺🇸 United States (12.2%). With an HHI of 4086, this Concentrated market exposes the EU to supply dependency risks.

The EU exports MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, Date, sealing or numbering stamps, and the like (including devices for printing or embossing labels), designed for operating in the hand; hand-operated composing sticks and hand printing sets incorporating such composing sticks to 5 extra-EU markets, reflecting solid diversification. 🇺🇸 United States remains the largest client (21.2%, €45.3M), followed by 🇺🇸 United States, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, 🇨🇭 Switzerland.

Within the EU, the leading importers of MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, Date, sealing or numbering stamps, and the like (including devices for printing or embossing labels), designed for operating in the hand; hand-operated composing sticks and hand printing sets incorporating such composing sticks are 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇳🇱 Netherlands, 🇫🇷 France. 🇩🇪 Germany accounts for 24.1% of EU imports.

In 2025, imports were declining (-11.7%) and exports declining (-5.4%) compared to the previous year.