In 2022, the EU imported \u20ac482 billion worth of high-tech products from extra-EU countries (+22% compared with 2021), according to an estimate published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. Exports to these countries reached \u20ac446 billion (+16% compared with 2021).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2022, over half of the EU\u2019s high-tech imports from non-EU countries came from China (38%; \u20ac183 billion) and the United States (19%; \u20ac91 billion), with other top partners being Switzerland (6%; \u20ac30 billion), Taiwan (5%; \u20ac23 billion) and the United Kingdom and Vietnam (each 4%; \u20ac20 and \u20ac18 billion, respectively).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The most significant category of high-tech products imported from non-EU countries was electronics-telecommunications (\u20ac202 billion).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For three of the top six high-tech import partners, the largest imported category was electronics-telecommunications: Vietnam (74% of high-tech imports from Vietnam; \u20ac13 billion), Taiwan (69%; \u20ac16 billion) and China (55%; \u20ac101 billion).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For Switzerland, the largest category was pharmacy (68% of high-tech imports from Switzerland; \u20ac20 billion). For the United States (35%; \u20ac32 billion) and the United Kingdom (28%; \u20ac6 billion), it was aerospace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For high-tech exports to non-EU countries, the United States was the top trading partner in 2022 (26%; \u20ac118 billion), with China second (12%; \u20ac53 billion). These countries were followed by the United Kingdom (9%; \u20ac42 billion), Switzerland (6%; \u20ac28 billion), Japan (4%; \u20ac19 billion) and T\u00fcrkiye (3%; \u20ac12 billion).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The most significant category of high-tech products exported to non-EU countries was pharmacy (\u20ac145 billion).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pharmacy was the largest exported category for three of the top six high-tech export partners: Japan (56% of high-tech exports to Japan; \u20ac11 billion), Switzerland (50%; \u20ac14 billion) and the United States (49%; \u20ac57 billion).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The largest category for China (38% of high-tech exports to China; \u20ac20 billion) and the United Kingdom (24%; \u20ac10 billion) was electronics-telecommunication. For T\u00fcrkiye, it was aerospace (38%; \u20ac5 billion).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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