While the EU noticed a decline in toy exports, China was the EU’s essential provider, supplying 80% of those imports, value €5.2 billion.
In 2023, the EU imported €6.5 billion value of toys from exterior the bloc, a lower of €2 billion in comparison with 2022.
According to the newest Eurostat knowledge, China was the EU’s essential provider, supplying 80% of those imports, value €5.2 billion.
Vietnam follows with 6% and the United Kingdom with 2%.
Around a fifth of the EU’s toy imports ended up in Germany, whereas France and the Netherlands obtained 16% and 14% respectively.
At the identical time, the EU exported toys value 2.3 billion euros in 2023.
This determine represents a slight lower of 0.2 billion euros in comparison with the earlier 12 months.
More than half of the toys exported from the EU got here from the Czech Republic, Germany and Belgium.
The UK was the principle vacation spot for EU toy exports, receiving 30% of the whole, adopted by Switzerland with 13% and the US with 10%.
Toy security issues
A latest Toy Industries of Europe study revealed that 80% of toys bought from third-party sellers on on-line marketplaces didn’t meet EU security requirements.
The analysis examined over 100 toys from varied platforms, uncovering critical well being dangers equivalent to choking hazards and poisonous chemical substances.
At the start of September the European Parliament supported a proposal to enhance the security of toys accessible on the EU market.
The proposal targeted particularly on lowering the variety of unsafe toys on the EU market and higher defending youngsters from toy-related dangers, together with banning dangerous chemical substances in toys.
