EU imports and exports of PPE (€ million) and China's share of imports (2019)

Finally, Figure 5 shows variations in exports (blue line) and imports (red line) for the three categories of PPE in the 2005-2019 period, and China’s share of imports (yellow bars). There has been a large increase in imports of mouth-nose and spectacles categories of PPE over the last decade, while exports have remained stable. It seems that China has increased its share of the mouth-nose protection market over the last 10 years.