In 2022, China had the largest share of high-tech imports that the European Union carried out from outside the EU bloc, followed by the United States and Switzerland, write Greek journalists Oikonomikos Tachydromos, quoted by Rador.

In particular, based on Eurostat data, last year more than half of EU high-tech imports came from non-EU countries, namely China – 38% (€183 billion) and the United States – 19% (€91 billion). partners are Switzerland (6%, i.e. 30 billion euros), Taiwan (5%, i.e. 23 billion euros), Great Britain and Vietnam (4% each, i.e. 20 and 18 billion euros, respectively).

The most important category of high-tech goods imported from outside the EU was electronic and telecommunications products (€202 billion). This category leads the exports of three of the EU’s six largest high-tech partners: Vietnam (accounting for 74% of Vietnam’s high-tech exports to the EU, i.e. EUR 13 billion), Taiwan (69%, i.e. EUR 16 billion) and China (55% , i.e. 101 billion euros).

For Switzerland, the largest category of exported products was pharmaceuticals (representing 68% of Switzerland’s high-tech imports, i.e. €20 billion). For the United States (35%, or €32 billion) and the United Kingdom (28%, or €6 billion), the main export was the aerospace sector.

The largest category of goods exported by the EU

In terms of EU high-tech exports to countries outside the bloc, the United States was the main trading partner in 2022 (26%, i.e. €118 billion), followed by China (12%, i.e. €53 billion), the United States of America (9% , i.e. €42 billion), Switzerland (6%, i.e. €28 billion), Japan (4%, i.e. €19 billion) and Turkey (3%, i.e. €12 billion). The most important category of high-tech products exported to countries outside the EU was pharmaceutical products (145 billion euros).