The main partner for chapter SOAP, ORGANIC SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS, WASHING PREPARATIONS, LUBRICATING PREPARATIONS, ARTIFICIAL WAXES, PREPARED WAXES, POLISHING OR SCOURING PREPARATIONS, CANDLES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES, MODELLING PASTES, 'DENTAL WAXES' AND DENTAL PREPARATIONS WITH A BASIS OF PLASTER is 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, with a volume of €878.6M in Jan-Mar 2026.
Chapter SOAP, ORGANIC SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS, WASHING PREPARATIONS, LUBRICATING PREPARATIONS, ARTIFICIAL WAXES, PREPARED WAXES, POLISHING OR SCOURING PREPARATIONS, CANDLES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES, MODELLING PASTES, 'DENTAL WAXES' AND DENTAL PREPARATIONS WITH A BASIS OF PLASTER shows a surplus of €1.8B (Jan-Mar 2026). The EU imports €1.1B and exports €2.9B.
The main NC8 product in chapter SOAP, ORGANIC SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS, WASHING PREPARATIONS, LUBRICATING PREPARATIONS, ARTIFICIAL WAXES, PREPARED WAXES, POLISHING OR SCOURING PREPARATIONS, CANDLES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES, MODELLING PASTES, 'DENTAL WAXES' AND DENTAL PREPARATIONS WITH A BASIS OF PLASTER is Washing preparations and cleaning preparations (34025090), with a volume of €1.0B in Jan-Mar 2026.
Source: Eurostat Comext
| # | Country | Imports | Exports | Total trade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇬🇧United Kingdom | €315.2M | €563.4M | €878.6M |
| 2 | 🇺🇸United States | €164.9M | €269.5M | €434.4M |
| 3 | 🇨🇳China | €140.9M | €246.3M | €387.2M |
| 4 | 🇨🇭Switzerland | €100.0M | €174.3M | €274.2M |
| 5 | 🇹🇷Turkey | €77.2M | €188.8M | €266.0M |
| 6 | €110.5M | €68.2M | €178.7M | |
| 7 | €19.5M | €112.7M | €132.1M | |
| 8 | €16.0M | €75.5M | €91.5M | |
| 9 | €7.9M | €74.2M | €82.1M | |
| 10 | €30.1M | €49.2M | €79.4M | |
| 11 | €28.2M | €46.6M | €74.8M | |
| 12 | €9.5M | €60.2M | €69.7M | |
| 13 | €3.7M | €65.4M | €69.2M | |
| 14 | €2.0M | €57.6M | €59.6M | |
| 15 | €4.1M | €54.7M | €58.7M | |
| 16 | €35.1M | €18.9M | €54.0M | |
| 17 | €1.3M | €44.8M | €46.1M | |
| 18 | €2.6M | €40.4M | €43.0M | |
| 19 | €9.2M | €31.3M | €40.5M | |
| 20 | €6.3M | €30.9M | €37.1M | |
| 21 | €502K | €34.4M | €34.9M | |
| 22 | €303K | €34.2M | €34.5M | |
| 23 | €1.3M | €32.7M | €34.1M | |
| 24 | €2.7M | €26.0M | €28.7M | |
| 25 | €4.4M | €23.6M | €27.9M | |
| 26 | €9.4M | €18.0M | €27.5M | |
| 27 | €2.7M | €22.2M | €24.9M | |
| 28 | €10.5M | €13.1M | €23.6M | |
| 29 | €2.3M | €20.3M | €22.7M | |
| 30 | €422K | €21.5M | €21.9M |
| # | NC8 | Product | Imports | Exports | Total trade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washing preparations and cleaning preparations | €325.7M | €705.8M | €1.0B | |
| 2 | Organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap | €94.5M | €279.7M | €374.3M | |
| 3 | Surfactant containing 1,4-dimethyl-1,4-bis(2-methylpropyl)-2-butyne-1,4-diyl ether, polymerised with oxirane, methyl terminated | €68.1M | €258.5M | €326.7M | |
| 4 | Other | €60.3M | €225.6M | €285.9M | |
| 5 | Other | €33.2M | €237.3M | €270.5M | |
| 6 | Washing preparations and cleaning preparations | €64.0M | €168.2M | €232.2M | |
| 7 | Other | €75.5M | €148.8M | €224.3M | |
| 8 | Surface-active preparations | €33.1M | €168.3M | €201.4M | |
| 9 | Candles, tapers and the like | €72.6M | €93.2M | €165.8M | |
| 10 | Soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent | €57.2M | €98.5M | €155.7M | |
| 11 | Other | €31.8M | €109.4M | €141.2M | |
| 12 | Surface-active preparations | €16.8M | €58.8M | €75.5M | |
| 13 | Modelling pastes, including those put up for children's amusement; preparations known as 'dental wax' or as 'dental impression compounds', put up in sets, in packings for retail sale or in plates, horseshoe shapes, sticks or similar forms; other preparations for use in dentistry, with a basis of plaster (of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate) | €16.2M | €51.0M | €67.1M | |
| 14 | Other | €39.5M | €27.6M | €67.0M | |
| 15 | Other | €2.6M | €49.4M | €52.0M | |
| 16 | Other | €18.1M | €31.1M | €49.2M | |
| 17 | Other | €32.4M | €10.1M | €42.5M | |
| 18 | Other | €11.2M | €26.4M | €37.6M | |
| 19 | Of poly(oxyethylene) (polyethylene glycol) | €19.3M | €16.3M | €35.6M | |
| 20 | Anionic organic surface-active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale | €12.9M | €14.5M | €27.5M |