{"id":1956442,"date":"2026-05-26T10:54:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T07:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1956442"},"modified":"2026-05-26T10:54:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T07:54:33","slug":"industrial-sovereignty-five-sectors-where-the-eu-is-critically-dependent-on-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1956442","title":{"rendered":"Industrial sovereignty: Five sectors where the EU is critically dependent on China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/36\/99\/39\/1200x675_cmsv2_fe344243-15ea-58d3-a2c2-195fdcb7b989-9369939.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2896499-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2896499\" data-cid=\"9771983\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2896499-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/77\/19\/83\/189x106_cmsv2_13bfbfbd-4473-5938-8bf0-3ab65012e26f-9771983.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Employees of the national electricity distributor work in freezing temperatures to fix power lines damaged by blizzards, near Pitulicea, Romania, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Europe News<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Brussels seeks faster grid permits as capitals fear power grab\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2896750-pos2-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1 the-media-object--has-video\" data-nid=\"2896750\" data-cid=\"9773081\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2896750-label-pos2-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/77\/30\/81\/189x106_cmsv2_870e2d38-0c0b-5ad3-98b6-c70bd2fe9391-9773081.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A woman drinks water in temperatures of up to 30 degrees at the Elizabeth Tower, commonly known as Big Ben in London, Tuesday, May 26, 2026.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Climate<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Britons flock to beaches and pools as UK breaks May heat record\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2896761-pos3-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2896761\" data-cid=\"9773115\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2896761-label-pos3-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/77\/31\/15\/189x106_cmsv2_baf3a96e-89e7-5ed0-97f0-394ef6cce216-9773115.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"US Secretary of State Marco Rubio participates in a signing ceremony with Armenia&apos;s Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in Yerevan, 26 May, 2026\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Armenia<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    US and Armenia pledge to move forward on corridor during Rubio visit\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2895430-pos4-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1 the-media-object--has-video\" data-nid=\"2895430\" data-cid=\"9767042\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2895430-label-pos4-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/76\/70\/42\/189x106_cmsv2_9d9c17dc-e1c7-56eb-80bc-0a49c8d19990-9767042.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Nicolas Forissier, French Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and Economic Attractiveness, during an interview with Euronews in Brussels\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    12 minutes with<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Limiting trade with Israeli settlements is &#8216;normal&#8217; &#8211; French minister\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2896499-pos1-c-latest-stories-sidebar\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-2 m-modeDesktop-2 m-modeXL-2\" data-nid=\"2896499\" data-cid=\"9771983\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2896499-label-pos1-c-latest-stories-sidebar\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/77\/19\/83\/189x106_cmsv2_13bfbfbd-4473-5938-8bf0-3ab65012e26f-9771983.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Employees of the national electricity distributor work in freezing temperatures to fix power lines damaged by blizzards, near Pitulicea, Romania, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Europe News<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Brussels seeks faster grid permits as capitals fear power grab\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2896750-pos2-c-latest-stories-sidebar\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-2 m-modeDesktop-2 m-modeXL-2 the-media-object--has-video\" data-nid=\"2896750\" data-cid=\"9773081\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2896750-label-pos2-c-latest-stories-sidebar\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/77\/30\/81\/189x106_cmsv2_870e2d38-0c0b-5ad3-98b6-c70bd2fe9391-9773081.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A woman drinks water in temperatures of up to 30 degrees at the Elizabeth Tower, commonly known as Big Ben in London, Tuesday, May 26, 2026.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Climate<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Britons flock to beaches and pools as UK breaks May heat record\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2896761-pos3-c-latest-stories-sidebar\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-2 m-modeDesktop-2 m-modeXL-2\" data-nid=\"2896761\" data-cid=\"9773115\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2896761-label-pos3-c-latest-stories-sidebar\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/77\/31\/15\/189x106_cmsv2_baf3a96e-89e7-5ed0-97f0-394ef6cce216-9773115.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"US Secretary of State Marco Rubio participates in a signing ceremony with Armenia&apos;s Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in Yerevan, 26 May, 2026\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Armenia<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    US and Armenia pledge to move forward on corridor during Rubio visit\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2895430-pos4-c-latest-stories-sidebar\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-2 m-modeDesktop-2 m-modeXL-2 the-media-object--has-video\" data-nid=\"2895430\" data-cid=\"9767042\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2895430-label-pos4-c-latest-stories-sidebar\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/76\/70\/42\/189x106_cmsv2_9d9c17dc-e1c7-56eb-80bc-0a49c8d19990-9767042.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Nicolas Forissier, French Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and Economic Attractiveness, during an interview with Euronews in Brussels\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    12 minutes with<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Limiting trade with Israeli settlements is &#8216;normal&#8217; &#8211; French minister\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"helper-site-row o-article-newsy\">\n<div class=\"helper-site-container o-article-newsy__container\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__main\">\n<header class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__header\">\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs\">\n<div id=\"adb-article-breadcrumb\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs__list\">\n<p>                          Business<\/p>\n<p>                          Economy<\/p><\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<h1 class=\"c-article-redesign-title\">\n                            Industrial sovereignty: Five sectors where the EU is critically dependent on China<\/h1>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-video u-position-relative \">\n<div class=\"js-superdiv u-aspect-ratio-16x9 u-position-relative \" data-sponsored=\"Partner content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-poster-img c-article-media__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/36\/99\/39\/1536x864_cmsv2_fe344243-15ea-58d3-a2c2-195fdcb7b989-9369939.jpg\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"FILE. A container is loaded onto a cargo ship at the Tianjin port in China, Aug. 2010\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-caption u-position-absolute\"><i id=\"article-caption-content\" class=\"c-article-caption__content\"><span class=\"c-article-caption__text\"><br \/>\n              FILE. A container is loaded onto a cargo ship at the Tianjin port in China, Aug. 2010<br \/>\n                    <span class=\"u-color-white\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__copyright\">Copyright\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__credit\">AP Photo\/Andy Wong<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-copyright c-article-image-copyright--novideo\">\n      Copyright\u00a0AP Photo\/Andy Wong\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__body u-article-content\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__contributors-publication-date\">\n<div class=\"c-article-contributors\">\n  By&amp;nbspQuirino Mealha\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-publication-date\" data-timestamp=\"1779792873\">\n         Published on<br \/>\n            <time datetime=\"2026-05-26 12:54:33 +02:00\">26\/05\/2026 &#8211; 12:54 GMT+2<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span 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width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"whatsapp\" class=\"u-show-for-desktop\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"c-article-summary\">\n        From solar panels to rare earths and industrial robots, Chinese firms have quietly become the dominant, sometimes sole, supplier across a growing number of European industries as fears of another &#8220;China shock&#8221; rise.<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content c-article-content--business js-article-content\">\n<p>Europe&#8217;s reliance on Chinese goods has grown so structurally embedded in certain sectors that credible alternatives have all but disappeared. <\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The pressure intensified in 2025, when Washington imposed sweeping tariffs on Chinese goods, prompting fears that Beijing would redirect surplus production into European markets at slashed prices.<\/p>\n<p>Commission President Ursula von der Leyen described it as &#8220;a new China shock&#8221; at the G7 summit in Canada last year, warning that Beijing was flooding global markets with subsidised overcapacity that its own consumers could not absorb.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, EU Industry Commissioner St\u00e9phane S\u00e9journ\u00e9 also called for EU businesses to diversify their suppliers as trade tensions with China are ramping up with Beijing making repeated threats towards the EU while Brussels seeks to strengthen legislation to protect its markets from Chinese dependence.<\/p>\n<p>According to Eurostat, EU imports from China totalled \u20ac559.4 billion in 2025, a figure that has grown 89% since 2015, generating a trade deficit of \u20ac359.8 billion. In 2025 alone, EU exports to China fell by 6.5% while imports rose by 6.4%. <\/p>\n<p>China is, by a wide margin, the EU&#8217;s single largest source of imports and the primary supplier of dependent products, exporting 47% of the category to the bloc and roughly half of its total import value representing around \u20ac206 billion out of \u20ac404 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Dependent products refer to parts and raw materials that are needed to build a final product. For example, the demand for a smartphone battery is dependent on the number of finished smartphones a company plans to manufacture.<\/p>\n<p>The US is the second-largest supplier of dependent products to the EU, but it accounts for less than 10% of the category and only 11% of of total import value, as per the latest analysis of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) released this month.<\/p>\n<p>Taken together with other data indicating broader strategic dependency, five sectors emerge where the EU&#8217;s exposure to Beijing is structural: solar energy, critical raw materials, industrial robotics, chemicals, as well as textiles and wood products.<\/p>\n<p>Euronews compiled an overview of some of the reasons for the extraordinary dependence of the EU on China in each of these sectors.<\/p>\n<h2>Green transition, made in China<\/h2>\n<p>Of all the EU&#8217;s dependencies on Beijing, the one buried deepest inside its green agenda is arguably the most consequential. <\/p>\n<p>According to Eurostat, China accounted for 98% of all solar panel imports into the EU in 2024. The total value of those imports fell from \u20ac19.7 billion in 2023 to \u20ac10.9 billion in 2024, not because volumes declined but because Chinese prices collapsed.<\/p>\n<p>The full numbers for solar panel imports last year have not yet been released.<\/p>\n<p>A report published this year by the think tank Loom also indicated that China supplies 88% of EU lithium-ion battery imports for electric vehicles in 2025, up from 75% in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability extends well beyond finished products. <\/p>\n<p>The European Parliament&#8217;s research department found that the EU sources 98% of its rare-earth magnets from China, including materials essential to electric vehicle motors, wind turbines and defence systems. <\/p>\n<p>Data from the European Commission also puts EU reliance on Beijing for magnesium at 97%. The mineral is essential for next-generation batteries that are an alternative to lithium-ion technologies, while also being used for hydrogen storage and lightweight renewable infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Due to this overwhelming single-country dependency, the European Commission has placed it on the bloc&#8217;s Critical Raw Materials list to accelerate domestic extraction, processing and recycling initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Chinese firms control over 80% of global solar photovoltaic manufacturing capacity, from polysilicon production to finished modules, according to a Geopolitical Intelligence Services report.<\/p>\n<p>In short, Europe&#8217;s green transition rests on foundations it does not control.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/77\/13\/33\/808x539_cmsv2_2f8449c8-27cb-571f-9b75-9b70145d3409-9771333.jpg\" alt=\"FILE. Workers transfer lithium-ion batteries in a factory in Taizhou in east China&apos;s Jiangsu province, Jul. 2018\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">FILE. Workers transfer lithium-ion batteries in a factory in Taizhou in east China&#8217;s Jiangsu province, Jul. 2018<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Chinatopix via AP<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>The robot surge<\/h2>\n<p>Industrial robotics tells a story not just of dependency but of accelerating displacement.<\/p>\n<p>Between early 2025 and early 2026, EU imports of industrial robots from China rose by 315%, with average prices falling 29%, according to data published by the European Commission&#8217;s import surveillance task force.<\/p>\n<p>China&#8217;s dominance in this sector is not accidental. <\/p>\n<p>Its &#8220;Made in China 2025&#8221; industrial strategy, sustained by state subsidies, cheap credit and tax incentives, helped grow the country&#8217;s advanced robotics sector to triple the number of companies recorded since 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Domestic overproduction has pushed Chinese manufacturers to export aggressively, at prices European competitors cannot match. <\/p>\n<p>According to the International Federation of Robotics, China now produces more industrial robots than Germany, South Korea, Japan and the US combined.<\/p>\n<h2>Chemicals, textiles and wood: old dependencies, new depths<\/h2>\n<p>In the chemicals sector, the European Commission&#8217;s surveillance data revealed that certain chemical compounds were being imported from China at rates 36 times higher than the previous year, with prices as much as 95% lower. <\/p>\n<p>In March 2025, the Commission launched dedicated monitoring of specific ethylene and ammonia-based chemicals, citing production overcapacity in China and a sharp rise in their EU market share.<\/p>\n<p>Textiles and wood products tell a similar story.<\/p>\n<p>Clothing and footwear from China still represent a substantial portion of the EU&#8217;s non-domestic supply, even as some production has shifted to lower-cost Southeast Asian competitors such as Vietnam.<\/p>\n<p>China supplies approximately 30%to 35% of the European Union&#8217;s total non-domestic clothing and footwear imports by value, according to Eurostat.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Do not get 100% of your supply from one country, EU industry chief says<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">As trade war with China looms, how can the EU defend itself?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Wood products have become a newer flashpoint as assembled parquet flooring imports from China rose more than tenfold in a single year, with prices collapsing by 77%, prompting the Commission to impose duties of between 21.3% and 36.1% in July 2025, to protect an industry employing more than 10,000 people and worth \u20ac1.3 billion. <\/p>\n<p>Decor paper followed in August 2025, when duties of between 26.4% and 26.9% were applied to safeguard over 2,000 European jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Across all five sectors, the Commission&#8217;s response has been largely reactive, applying tariffs after damage has already materialised.<\/p>\n<p>The deeper question is whether Europe retains the industrial capacity, and the political will, to build genuine alternatives before its dependency becomes irreversible and therefore a lever Beijing can freely use.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                                  Go to accessibility shortcuts<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center js-c-article-partage-commentaire-share\"><span>Share<\/span><\/span><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"adb-article-you-might-also-like\" class=\"perf-cv-auto c-article-you-might-also-like\">\n<h2 class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__title\">\n        Read more<br \/>\n      <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__container\">\n<article id=\"abe-2895330-pos0-c-article-you-might-also-like__item\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2895330\" data-cid=\"9766562\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2895330-label-pos0-c-article-you-might-also-like__item\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/76\/65\/62\/480x270_cmsv2_7167ed5e-99dc-5b11-b323-855bf88bfbf7-9766562.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"File - 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at the G7 summit in Canada last year, warning that Beijing was flooding global markets with subsidised overcapacity that its own consumers could not absorb.Last week, EU Industry Commissioner St\u00e9phane S\u00e9journ\u00e9 also called for EU businesses to diversify their suppliers as trade tensions with China are ramping up with Beijing making repeated threats towards the EU while Brussels seeks to strengthen legislation to protect its markets from Chinese dependence.According to Eurostat, EU imports from China totalled \u20ac559.4 billion in 2025, a figure that has grown 89% since 2015, generating a trade deficit of \u20ac359.8 billion. In 2025 alone, EU exports to China fell by 6.5% while imports rose by 6.4%.China is, by a wide margin, the EU&#8217;s single largest source of imports and the primary supplier of dependent products, exporting 47% of the category to the bloc and roughly half of its total import value representing around \u20ac206 billion out of \u20ac404 billion.Dependent products refer to parts and raw materials that are needed to build a final product. For example, the demand for a smartphone battery is dependent on the number of finished smartphones a company plans to manufacture.The US is the second-largest supplier of dependent products to the EU, but it accounts for less than 10% of the category and only 11% of of total import value, as per the latest analysis of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) released this month.Taken together with other data indicating broader strategic dependency, five sectors emerge where the EU&#8217;s exposure to Beijing is structural: solar energy, critical raw materials, industrial robotics, chemicals, as well as textiles and wood products.Euronews compiled an overview of some of the reasons for the extraordinary dependence of the EU on China in each of these sectors.Green transition, made in ChinaOf all the EU&#8217;s dependencies on Beijing, the one buried deepest inside its green agenda is arguably the most consequential.According to Eurostat, China accounted for 98% of all solar panel imports into the EU in 2024. The total value of those imports fell from \u20ac19.7 billion in 2023 to \u20ac10.9 billion in 2024, not because volumes declined but because Chinese prices collapsed.The full numbers for solar panel imports last year have not yet been released.A report published this year by the think tank Loom also indicated that China supplies 88% of EU lithium-ion battery imports for electric vehicles in 2025, up from 75% in 2019.The vulnerability extends well beyond finished products.The European Parliament&#8217;s research department found that the EU sources 98% of its rare-earth magnets from China, including materials essential to electric vehicle motors, wind turbines and defence systems.Data from the European Commission also puts EU reliance on Beijing for magnesium at 97%. The mineral is essential for next-generation batteries that are an alternative to lithium-ion technologies, while also being used for hydrogen storage and lightweight renewable infrastructure.Due to this overwhelming single-country dependency, the European Commission has placed it on the bloc&#8217;s Critical Raw Materials list to accelerate domestic extraction, processing and recycling initiatives.Finally, Chinese firms control over 80% of global solar photovoltaic manufacturing capacity, from polysilicon production to finished modules, according to a Geopolitical Intelligence Services report.In short, Europe&#8217;s green transition rests on foundations it does not control.The robot surgeIndustrial robotics tells a story not just of dependency but of accelerating displacement.Between early 2025 and early 2026, EU imports of industrial robots from China rose by 315%, with average prices falling 29%, according to data published by the European Commission&#8217;s import surveillance task force.China&#8217;s dominance in this sector is not accidental.Its &#8220;Made in China 2025&#8221; industrial strategy, sustained by state subsidies, cheap credit and tax incentives, helped grow the country&#8217;s advanced robotics sector to triple the number of companies recorded since 2020.Domestic overproduction has pushed Chinese manufacturers to export aggressively, at prices European competitors cannot match.According to the International Federation of Robotics, China now produces more industrial robots than Germany, South Korea, Japan and the US combined.Chemicals, textiles and wood: old dependencies, new depthsIn the chemicals sector, the European Commission&#8217;s surveillance data revealed that certain chemical compounds were being imported from China at rates 36 times higher than the previous year, with prices as much as 95% lower.In March 2025, the Commission launched dedicated monitoring of specific ethylene and ammonia-based chemicals, citing production overcapacity in China and a sharp rise in their EU market share.Textiles and wood products tell a similar story.Clothing and footwear from China still represent a substantial portion of the EU&#8217;s non-domestic supply, even as some production has shifted to lower-cost Southeast Asian competitors such as Vietnam.China supplies approximately 30%to 35% of the European Union&#8217;s total non-domestic clothing and footwear imports by value, according to Eurostat.Wood products have become a newer flashpoint as assembled parquet flooring imports from China rose more than tenfold in a single year, with prices collapsing by 77%, prompting the Commission to impose duties of between 21.3% and 36.1% in July 2025, to protect an industry employing more than 10,000 people and worth \u20ac1.3 billion.Decor paper followed in August 2025, when duties of between 26.4% and 26.9% were applied to safeguard over 2,000 European jobs.Across all five sectors, the Commission&#8217;s response has been largely reactive, applying tariffs after damage has already materialised.The deeper question is whether Europe retains the industrial capacity, and the political will, to build genuine alternatives before its dependency becomes irreversible and therefore a lever Beijing can freely use.<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2026\/05\/26\/industrial-sovereignty-five-sectors-where-the-eu-is-critically-dependent-on-china&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; 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