Monthly import country-by-commodity data on the UK's trade in goods, including trade by all countries and selected commodities, non-seasonally adjusted.

Imports in the United Kingdom decreased to 79693 GBP Million in March from 80426 GBP Million in February of 2025. This dataset provides - United Kingdom Imports - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

The United Kingdom's total Imports in 2024 were valued at US$809.21 Billion, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. The United Kingdom's main import partners were: China, the United States and Germany. The top three import commodities were: Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers; Pearls, precious stones, metals, coins and Vehicles other than railway, tramway. Total Exports were valued at US$508.69 Billion. In 2024, The United Kingdom had a trade deficit of US$300.52 Billion.

In 2024, the United Kingdom imported around 314 billion British pounds worth of services from the rest of the world, with approximately 93 billion pounds worth of these services being travel services. 'Other Business Services' that did not conform to a specific sector accounted for 110.6 billion pounds of the UK's service imports.

Quarterly and annual time series of the value of UK imports and exports of goods grouped by product. Goods are attributed to the activity of which they are the principal products.

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In the year 2022, the total annual value of trade goods imported into the United Kingdom amounted to approximately ***** billion U.S. dollars. This marks a significant increase on the previous year.

Country breakdown of trade in services values by mode of supply (imports and exports). Countries include only total services data, while regions include top-level Extended Balance of Payments Services (EBOPS) breakdown.

Key information about United Kingdom Natural Gas: Imports

• United Kingdom Natural Gas: Imports was reported at 45,421.213 Cub m mn in Dec 2023
• This records a decrease from the previous number of 56,524.000 Cub m mn for Dec 2022
• UK Natural Gas: Imports data is updated yearly, averaging 11,550.000 Cub m mn from Dec 1975 to 2023, with 49 observations
• The data reached an all-time high of 56,524.000 Cub m mn in 2022 and a record low of 900.000 Cub m mn in 1998
• UK Natural Gas: Imports data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
• The data is categorized under World Trend Plus’s Association: Energy Sector – Table RB.OPEC.NG: Natural Gas Imports

Key information about United Kingdom Imports: Telecommunication Equipment

• United Kingdom Imports: Telecommunication Equipment was reported at 24,540,911.232 USD th in Dec 2023
• This records an increase from the previous number of 24,267,197.988 USD th for Dec 2022
• UK Imports: Telecommunication Equipment data is updated yearly, averaging 19,533,067.277 USD th from Dec 1995 to 2023, with 29 observations
• The data reached an all-time high of 34,350,605.718 USD th in 2006 and a record low of 3,285,140.902 USD th in 2009
• UK Imports: Telecommunication Equipment data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
• The data is categorized under World Trend Plus’s Association: Electronic Sector – Table RF.UNCTAD.TE: Telecommunication Equipment: Import Value

United Kingdom Imports from United States was US$91.98 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. United Kingdom Imports from United States - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on August of 2025.

The United Kingdom: Imports of goods and services as percent of GDP: The latest value from 2023 is 33.41 percent, a decline from 36.1 percent in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 49.03 percent, based on data from 138 countries. Historically, the average for the United Kingdom from 1970 to 2023 is 27.34 percent. The minimum value, 20.52 percent, was reached in 1971 while the maximum of 36.1 percent was recorded in 2022.

In the first quarter of 2025, the value of exports from the United Kingdom amounted to approximately 227 billion British pounds, while imports to the country amounted to around 238 billion pounds, resulting in a trade deficit of around 10.6 billion pounds in this quarter. During this time period, the value of UK exports was highest in the fourth quarter of 2022, with the value of imports peaking in the third quarter of 2022. The UK's main trade partners Despite the UK leaving the EU in 2020 following the Brexit referendum of 2016, Europe remains the main destination for UK exports, with almost half of UK exports heading there in 2023. During the same year, just over 60 percent of imports came from European countries, compared with around 17.9 percent from countries in Asia, and 11.8 percent from the Americas. In terms of individual countries, the United States was the UK's leading export partner for both goods and services from the UK, while Germany was the main source of UK goods imports, and the U.S. for service imports. It is as yet unclear how the return of Donald Trump to the White House will impact UK/US trade relations, should the President follow through with threats made on the campaign trail to increase trade tariffs. Brexit rethink under Starmer? Although generally more pro-European than the previous government, the new Labour government, led by Keir Starmer, does not plan to rejoin the European Union, or the Single Market. Public opinion, while gradually turning against Brexit recently, has not coalesced around a particular trading relationship. In late 2023, a survey indicated that while 31 percent of British adults wanted to rejoin the EU, a further 30 percent wanted to simply improve relations with the EU, instead of rejoining. Just 11 percent of respondents wanted to join the single market but not the EU, while 10 percent were happy with the relationship as it was. At the start of 2025, after several months in office, the new government has not signalled any major change in direction regarding on this, but has broadly signalled it wants a better relationship with the EU.

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.

United Kingdom Imports from Australia was US$7.59 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. United Kingdom Imports from Australia - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on August of 2025.

Key information about United Kingdom Crude Oil: Imports

• United Kingdom Crude Oil: Imports was reported at 830.306 Barrel/Day th in Dec 2023
• This records a decrease from the previous number of 847.893 Barrel/Day th for Dec 2022
• UK Crude Oil: Imports data is updated yearly, averaging 874.595 Barrel/Day th from Dec 1980 to 2023, with 44 observations
• The data reached an all-time high of 1,127.872 Barrel/Day th in 2004 and a record low of 466.700 Barrel/Day th in 1983
• UK Crude Oil: Imports data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
• The data is categorized under World Trend Plus’s Association: Energy Sector – Table RB.OPEC.CO: Crude Oil Imports

United Kingdom UK: Imports: % of Goods Imports: Manufactures data was reported at 74.848 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 76.956 % for 2016. United Kingdom UK: Imports: % of Goods Imports: Manufactures data is updated yearly, averaging 66.679 % from Dec 1962 (Median) to 2017, with 56 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 82.667 % in 1999 and a record low of 26.755 % in 1962. United Kingdom UK: Imports: % of Goods Imports: Manufactures data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.World Bank.WDI: Imports. Manufactures comprise the commodities in SITC sections 5 (chemicals), 6 (basic manufactures), 7 (machinery and transport equipment), and 8 (miscellaneous manufactured goods), excluding division 68 (nonferrous metals).; ; World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.; Weighted average; Merchandise import shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

This statistic displays the share of UK imports of goods and services arriving from the European Union (EU) annually from 1999 to 2023. The EU share of UK imports contracted between 2020 and 2022. In 2023, the EU represented **** percent of UK imports of goods and services.