Children’s entertainment in Europe is big business. The European Union is a net importer of toys from the rest of the world, with 7.1 billion euros worth of goods imported from outside the EU in 2021, the EU statistics agency Eurostat said on Wednesday.

HotNews received data from the National Institute of Statistics on the import of various categories of toys, as well as citrus fruits (tangerines, oranges, etc.). Here, everything is relatively simple: Greece, Turkey and Germany provide the largest number of oranges that we put under the Christmas tree. Last year, total citrus imports amounted to 185 million euros. Below is a list of countries we import from:

When it comes to toys, you can hardly beat the prices from China, and therefore the quantity brought in from there. By the way, according to Eurostat, China was the largest supplier of toys to the EU, representing 83% of the total volume of toy imports, significantly ahead of Vietnam (4%). About a fifth of EU toy imports come from Germany (19%), while the Netherlands and France account for 17% and 11% respectively. This is at the European level.

In Romania, China is followed by Hungary, the Czech Republic, Germany and Poland. In 2022, Romania imported tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar toys with wheels; prams and prams for dolls; puppetry; other toys; mini-models and similar models for entertainment worth almost 390 million euros, according to figures provided by the statistics.

In addition to these toys, INS also checks how many game consoles and machines we bring, or table game items, including games with motorized or moving mechanisms, pool games, special tables for casino games, and machines for puppet games (such as bowling ) come to Romania. Last year, this type of import amounted to almost 217 million euros.

Here, we bring the most such toys from Bulgaria, followed by Germany and Ireland, and China is only in fourth place.