Annual International Trade Statistics by Country (HS)
Publication date: 2024-01-28
Reporting period: 2002 - 2023
Timeseries: 194 million
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United Kingdom | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2008 - 2019

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The value of merchandise exports from United Kingdom totalled $ 468 billion in 2019. Overall commodity exports from United Kingdom decreased by 4.58% compared to 2018. Merchandise exports decreased by $ 22 billion (the value of merchandise exports from United Kingdom amounted to $490 billion in 2018)

United Kingdom's exports 2019 by country

Top export destinations of commodities from United Kingdom in 2019:

  • USA with a share of 15.7% (73 billion US$)
  • Germany with a share of 9.89% (46 billion US$)
  • France with a share of 6.69% (31 billion US$)
  • Netherlands with a share of 6.48% (30 billion US$)
  • China with a share of 6.43% (30 billion US$)
  • Ireland with a share of 5.93% (27 billion US$)
  • Belgium with a share of 3.51% (16.4 billion US$)
  • Switzerland with a share of 3.33% (15.6 billion US$)
  • Spain with a share of 2.92% (13.6 billion US$)
  • Italy with a share of 2.71% (12.7 billion US$)

Exports structure from United Kingdom in 2019 represented by the following main commodity groups:

  • 15.6% (73 billion US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
  • 10.7% (50 billion US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
  • 9.08% (42 billion US$): 71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin
  • 8.73% (40 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
  • 6.06% (28 billion US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
  • 5.79% (27 billion US$): 30 - Pharmaceutical products
  • 4.23% (19.8 billion US$): 90 - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
  • 3.93% (18.4 billion US$): 88 - Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof
  • 2.7% (12.6 billion US$): 29 - Organic chemicals
  • 2.64% (12.3 billion US$): 97 - Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques

What did United Kingdom export in 2019?

United Kingdom's Top Exports in 2019:

  • 8.23% ($38 billion): 8703 - Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars
  • 5.63% ($26 billion): 8411 - Turbo-jets, turbo-propellers and other gas turbines
  • 5.05% ($23 billion): 2709 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude
  • 4.97% ($23 billion): 7108 - Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form
  • 3.85% ($18 billion): 3004 - Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale
  • 3.41% ($15.9 billion): 8803 - Parts of goods of heading 88.01 or 88.02
  • 2.53% ($11.8 billion): 2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils
  • 1.89% ($8.89 billion): 9701 - Paintings, drawings and pastels, executed entirely by hand, other than drawings of heading 49.06 and other than hand-painted or hand-decorated manufactured articles; collages and similar decorative plaques
  • 1.68% ($7.87 billion): 2208 - Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 % vol; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages

The value of merchandise imports to United Kingdom totalled $ 692 billion in 2019. Merchandise imports to United Kingdom increased by 3.09% compared to 2018. Goods imports grew up by $ 20 billion in 2019 (the value of merchandise imports to United Kingdom was equal to $671 billion in 2018)

United Kingdom's imports 2019 by country

Top trading partners (import sources) of United Kingdom in 2019:

  • Germany with a share of 12.3% (85 billion US$)
  • USA with a share of 9.68% (67 billion US$)
  • China with a share of 9.46% (65 billion US$)
  • Netherlands with a share of 7.78% (53 billion US$)
  • France with a share of 5.61% (38 billion US$)
  • Belgium with a share of 4.65% (32 billion US$)
  • Italy with a share of 3.78% (26 billion US$)
  • Switzerland with a share of 3.41% (23 billion US$)
  • Spain with a share of 3.06% (21 billion US$)
  • Norway with a share of 2.85% (19.7 billion US$)

Imports structure to United Kingdom in 2019 represented by the following main commodity groups:

  • 12.8% (89 billion US$): 71 - Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewelry; coin
  • 12.1% (84 billion US$): 84 - Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
  • 10.8% (74 billion US$): 87 - Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
  • 8.91% (61 billion US$): 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
  • 8.12% (56 billion US$): 27 - Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
  • 4.04% (27 billion US$): 30 - Pharmaceutical products
  • 2.75% (19 billion US$): 90 - Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
  • 2.72% (18.8 billion US$): 39 - Plastics and articles thereof
  • 1.87% (13 billion US$): 61 - Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted
  • 1.71% (11.8 billion US$): 62 - Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted

What did United Kingdom import in 2019?

United Kingdom's Top Imports in 2019:

  • 10.2% ($70 billion): 7108 - Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form
  • 6.32% ($43 billion): 8703 - Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars
  • 3.54% ($24 billion): 2709 - Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude
  • 2.98% ($20 billion): 8411 - Turbo-jets, turbo-propellers and other gas turbines
  • 2.87% ($19.9 billion): 8517 - Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy, including line telephone sets with cordless handsets and telecommunication apparatus for carrier-current line systems or for digital line systems; videophones
  • 2.85% ($19.7 billion): 2710 - Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude; preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals; these being the basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils
  • 2.28% ($15.8 billion): 8708 - Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of headings 87.01 to 87.05
  • 2.12% ($14.7 billion): 8471 - Automatic data processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included
  • 2.12% ($14.7 billion): 3004 - Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale

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United Kingdom | Imports and Exports | World | ALL COMMODITIES | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2008 - 2019