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EU–Japan trade in inorganic chemicals
In May 2026, the EU exported €49M of inorganic chemicals to Japan and imported €67M — a €19M deficit in this category.
Over the past year the EU's inorganic chemicals balance with Japan swung from a €18M surplus to a €19M deficit.
Japan supplied about 4% of the EU's extra-EU imports of inorganic chemicals in May 2026.
Updated monthly · latest data May 2026
— EU exports— EU imports137 months · latest 2026-05
EU exports
€49M
EU imports
€67M
Balance
−€19M
Top sub-categories traded with Japan
EU exports →
- 2804Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals€14M
- 2844Radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes, incl. their fissile or fertile chemical elements and isotopes, and their compounds; mixtures and residues containing these products€7.4M
- 2825Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts; inorganic bases, metal oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, n.e.s.€5.3M
- 2833Sulphates; alums; peroxosulphates "persulphates"€3.2M
- 2818Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined; aluminium oxide; aluminium hydroxide€2.8M
← EU imports
- 2841Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids€30M
- 2843Colloidal precious metals; inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals, whether or not chemically defined; amalgams of precious metals€11M
- 2801Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine€4.8M
- 2842Salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids, incl. aluminosilicates whether or not chemically defined (excl. of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids and azides, and inorganic or organic compounds of mercury)€4.4M
- 2811Inorganic acids and inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals (excl. hydrogen chloride "hydrochloric acid", chlorosulphuric acid, sulphuric acid, oleum, nitric acid, sulphonitric acids, diphosphorus pentaoxide, phosphoric acid, polyphosphoric acids, oxides of boron and boric acids)€3.3M
Monthly figures
| Month | EU exports | EU imports | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | €49M | €67M | −€19M |
| April 2026 | €55M | €69M | −€14M |
| March 2026 | €52M | €57M | −€5.1M |
| February 2026 | €46M | €48M | −€1.3M |
| January 2026 | €48M | €38M | €11M |
| December 2025 | €49M | €51M | −€1.9M |
| November 2025 | €37M | €46M | −€9.6M |
| October 2025 | €253M | €41M | €212M |
| September 2025 | €46M | €83M | −€36M |
| August 2025 | €45M | €44M | €1.0M |
| July 2025 | €69M | €50M | €19M |
| June 2025 | €54M | €54M | €0.4M |
| May 2025 | €68M | €50M | €18M |
| April 2025 | €60M | €69M | −€9.1M |
| March 2025 | €65M | €71M | −€5.3M |
| February 2025 | €39M | €81M | −€42M |
| January 2025 | €47M | €106M | −€59M |
| December 2024 | €39M | €35M | €4.1M |
| November 2024 | €268M | €63M | €204M |
| October 2024 | €34M | €94M | −€60M |
| September 2024 | €49M | €46M | €3.6M |
| August 2024 | €36M | €70M | −€34M |
| July 2024 | €43M | €60M | −€18M |
| June 2024 | €37M | €49M | −€11M |
EU exports, imports and balance by month — extra-EU, EU27 reporter, latest 24 months.
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Source: Eurostat — Comext DS-059341 · EU27 reporter · extra-EU trade · value in EUR. Figures are indicative and may be revised; verify against Eurostat before relying on them.