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The United Kingdom's total Exports in 2024 were valued at US$508.69 Billion, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. The United Kingdom's main export partners were: the United States, China and Germany. The top three export commodities were: Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers; Pearls, precious stones, metals, coins and Vehicles other than railway, tramway. Total Imports were valued at US$809.21 Billion. In 2024, The United Kingdom had a trade deficit of US$300.52 Billion.
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Experimental dataset providing a breakdown of UK trade in goods by industry, country and commodity on a balance of payments basis. Data are subject to disclosure control.
The UK trade in numbers contains the latest published UK trade and investment statistics. It draws on a number of statistical sources including the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
Trade statistics are derived from a number of sources and can be presented in different ways. The UK’s trade statistics are primarily provided by ONS releases, including the ONS monthly UK trade, ONS UK quarterly trade by partner country, and ONS UK balance of payments. These releases set out the UK’s economic relationship with other countries and illustrate the UK’s bilateral trade on top exports and imports for goods and services.
In addition, the UK trade in numbers depicts foreign direct investment, regional trade statistics, and the UK’s position in global rankings for exports and imports of goods and services.
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Experimental dataset providing a breakdown of UK trade in services by industry, country and service type on a balance of payments basis. Data are subject to disclosure control.
In 2024, the United Kingdom exported approximately 508 billion British pounds worth of services to the rest of the world, with approximately 101.4 billion of these services being financial. 'Other Business Services' that did not belong to a specific sector accounted for over 183 billion pounds of UK service exports.
Cars were the most valuable type of commodity exported from the United Kingdom in 2024, with exports of this commodity valued at approximately 32.9 billion British pounds. Mechanical power generators were the second-most valuable commodity in 2024, with an export value of around 32.7 billion pounds in this year. By comparison, the most valuable import commodity was also cars, amounting to over 38.4 billion British pounds. The next most valuable import commodity was medicinal and pharmaceutical products at over 27.2 million pounds in this year. UK main trading partners Although the share of both imports and exports from the European Union has been declining recently, the single market is still by far the UK's main trading partner. In terms of individual countries, the United States was the main export partner in 2024 at 16.1 percent of all exports, while Germany was the UK's main import partner with 12.5 percent of imports coming from there in 2024. A main argument of the Leave vote, was that the UK should seek to improve up its trade with the rest of the world, outside of Europe. The success of this 'Global Britain' strategy, depends on the UK significantly scaling up its trade with other continents, with countries outside of Europe still responsible for far less trade than European ones. Brexit and EU trade At the start of 2021, the United Kingdom exited both the European Single Market and the European Customs Union, with the UK's trading relationship with the EU now determined by a new Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA). Although the TCA continued tariff and quota-free goods trade between the EU and UK, a number of customs checks came into force, increasing trade friction between the two parties. The status of Northern Ireland in the initial agreement was also different from the rest of the UK. Goods entering Northern Ireland from Great Britain were initially subject to customs checks, to prevent customs checks occurring at the border with the Republic of Ireland. In February 2023, it was announced that under a new EU-UK agreement called the Windsor Framework, some goods entering Northern Ireland from Britain will be subject to fewer checks.
The value of service exports from the United Kingdom amounted to over 134 billion British pounds in the first quarter of 2025, compared with almost 86 billion pounds worth of services imported, giving the UK a service trade surplus of around 48.6 billion pounds.
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Monthly export country-by-commodity data on the UK's trade in goods, including trade by all countries and selected commodities, non-seasonally adjusted.
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United Kingdom Exports to United States was US$71.77 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. United Kingdom Exports to United States - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on July of 2025.
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The value of UK exports and imports of goods grouped by industry. Goods are attributed to the industry of which they are the principal products. Source agency: Office for National Statistics Designation: National Statistics Language: English Alternative title: MQ10
In the year 2022, the value of trade goods exported from the United Kingdom to the euro area was around *** billion U.S. dollars. In the time period between 2010 and 2022, UK exports of trade goods to the euro area have fluctuated.
This data has been revised since publication. Please see DCMS Sectors Economic Estimates: Trade 2022 and 2023 for the latest estimates from 2016 to 2023.
In included DCMS sectors in 2021:
Goods: Exports were greater than imports, unlike the UK economy as a whole. Compared to 2019 (pre-pandemic), trade in goods accounted for a lower proportion of total UK trade in goods.
Services: Exports were greater than imports, like the UK economy as a whole. Compared to 2019 (pre-pandemic), trade in services accounted for a higher proportion of total UK trade in services.
The creative industries sector contributed the most to the value of goods and services imported and exported.
Tourism: UK residents spent more overseas (imports) than overseas visitors spent in the UK (exports).
In the digital sector in 2021:
Goods: Exports were lower than imports, like the UK economy as a whole. Compared to 2019 (pre-pandemic), trade in goods accounted for a lower proportion of total UK trade in goods.
Services: Exports were greater than imports, like the UK economy as a whole. Compared to 2019 (pre-pandemic), trade in services accounted for a higher proportion of total UK trade in services.
These economic estimates are official statistics used to provide an estimate of the contribution of DCMS sectors and the digital sector to the UK economy, measured by imports and exports of goods and services. Trade in tourism is estimated by spending by overseas residents in the UK and spending by UK residents overseas as proxy measurements for exports and imports.
These statistics cover the contributions of the following sectors to the UK economy.
DCMS sectors:
Users should note that there is overlap between DCMS sector definitions and that several cultural sector industries are simultaneously creative industries.
Estimates of civil society imports and exports are not available at present, due to a lack of suitable data.
The release also includes estimates for the audio visual sector. These do not form part of the DCMS total.
A definition for each sector is available in the tables published alongside this release. Further information on DCMS sectors is available in the associated technical report along with details of methods and data limitations.
Digital sector:
Users should note that there is overlap between these two sectors’ definitions in that the Telecoms sector sits wholly within the digital sector.
Estimates are published here separately for the digital sector (including the telecoms sector) as responsibility for these policy areas now sits with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
These statistics were first published on 3 August 2023.
We have made the following changes to this data since publication:
On 18 August 2023: section 4.1 of the DCMS sectors economic estimates: Trade, 2021 main report was revised to correct a minor error in the commentary.
10 November 2023: due to the identification of an error, the DCMS and digital sector Economic Estimates trade in services data tables were removed and re-published with a reduced breakdown for 2021 while the error was being investigated.
14 March 2024: the DCMS trade in services tables have been re-published with breakdowns for 2021, including both sectors and subsectors.
24 May 2024: The DCMS and digital sector trade in services tables have been further updated and re-published to include revised 2021 and 2020 data.
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United Kingdom Exports to Spain was US$11.72 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. United Kingdom Exports to Spain - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on September of 2025.
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United Kingdom UK: Exports: fob: Euro Area data was reported at 18.374 USD bn in Mar 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 16.772 USD bn for Feb 2018. United Kingdom UK: Exports: fob: Euro Area data is updated monthly, averaging 6.484 USD bn from Jan 1960 (Median) to Mar 2018, with 699 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 26.689 USD bn in May 2006 and a record low of 172.800 USD mn in Sep 1960. United Kingdom UK: Exports: fob: Euro Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.IMF.DOT: Exports: fob: by Country: Monthly.
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United Kingdom UK: Exports: fob: Euro Area data was reported at 50.603 USD bn in Jun 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 53.053 USD bn for Mar 2018. United Kingdom UK: Exports: fob: Euro Area data is updated quarterly, averaging 19.390 USD bn from Mar 1960 (Median) to Jun 2018, with 234 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 74.323 USD bn in Jun 2006 and a record low of 550.400 USD mn in Sep 1960. United Kingdom UK: Exports: fob: Euro Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.IMF.DOT: Exports: fob: by Country: Quarterly.
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United Kingdom UK: Exports: fob: Euro Area data was reported at 185.365 USD bn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 171.116 USD bn for 2016. United Kingdom UK: Exports: fob: Euro Area data is updated yearly, averaging 44.500 USD bn from Dec 1948 (Median) to 2017, with 70 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 245.748 USD bn in 2006 and a record low of 1.248 USD bn in 1950. United Kingdom UK: Exports: fob: Euro Area data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.IMF.DOT: Exports: fob: by Country: Annual.
As of the first quarter of 2025, the value of goods exported to the European Union from the United Kingdom was over 42.1 billion British pounds, compared with around 76.7 billion pounds of goods imported, resulting in a negative goods trade balance with the EU of around approximately 34.6 billion pounds.
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United States Exports to United Kingdom was US$79.89 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. United States Exports to United Kingdom - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on September of 2025.
This statistic displays the exported value of the different sectors of the United Kingdom's (UK) defense industry from 2014 to 2019. The air sector experienced the highest sales values of defense exports in all five years recorded here. In 2019, the air sector reported export orders worth 7.3 billion British pounds.
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Key information about United Kingdom Exports: Medicament
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The United Kingdom's total Exports in 2024 were valued at US$508.69 Billion, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. The United Kingdom's main export partners were: the United States, China and Germany. The top three export commodities were: Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers; Pearls, precious stones, metals, coins and Vehicles other than railway, tramway. Total Imports were valued at US$809.21 Billion. In 2024, The United Kingdom had a trade deficit of US$300.52 Billion.