The European Union's import dependence reaches 90% for rare materials alone.
CDA · EU Commission
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The European Union's import dependence reaches 90% for rare materials alone.
Europe has just experienced its worst summer ever recorded.
The European Union imports roughly 60% of its critical raw materials.
For some sectors such as iron and steel, material costs can be more than twice the cost of labour and energy in the EU.
About 30% of waste in the European Union still goes to landfill.
Roughly 94% of global greenhouse gas emissions occur outside the European Union.
The European Union imports more than 95% of the oil it consumes.
The European Commission removed 90% of companies from the scope of the CBAM carbon border mechanism.
The European Union imports more than 80% of the gas it consumes.
The EU imports more than 80% of the gas it consumes and more than 95% of the oil it consumes.
80% of ETS revenues go to Member States, and of that 80%, roughly 90% is spent on budget items not reinvested in industry.