United Kingdom Trade Summary

2008 Data

United Kingdom exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR United Kingdom

Overall Exports and Imports

Exportsmore »
Exports (in US$ Mil): 482,021
No. Of products: 4,524
No. Of partners: 229
Importsmore »
Imports (in US$ Mil): 705,344
No. Of products: 4,555
No. Of partners: 222

Top 5 Products exports imports at HS 6 digit level

Exports (US$ Thousands)  
Petroleum oils and o ...30,963,906.14
Petroleum oils, etc, ...23,883,913.37
Other medicaments of ...20,821,626.55
Automobiles with rec ...10,737,159.79
Automobiles with rec ...6,966,271.99
Imports (US$ Thousands)
Petroleum oils and o ...38,162,999.71
Petroleum oils, etc, ...23,469,005.12
Automobiles with rec ...17,601,647.94
Other medicaments of ...12,000,014.94
Natural gas in gaseo ...11,534,042.41

Top 5 Export and Import partners

Market Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
United States65,168 13.52
Germany53,919 11.19
Netherlands36,451 7.56
France35,572 7.38
Ireland34,916 7.24
Exporter Trade (US$ Mil) Partner share(%)
Germany84,616 12.00
United States63,856 9.05
China58,221 8.25
Netherlands47,944 6.80
France45,022 6.38

Exports and Imports of Product Groups

Product Categories Exports Imports
Export(US$ Mil) Product share(%) Import(US$ Mil) Prod share(%) Weighted Average (%)
Raw materials54,503 11.31 85,323 12.10 1.62
Intermediate goods78,775 16.34 122,287 17.34 3.04
Consumer goods173,650 36.03 270,616 38.37 3.45
Capital goods134,648 27.93 174,929 24.80 1.04

Trade Indicators

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HH Market concentration index: 0.05
Index of export market penetration: 36.03
World Growth: 7.43
Country Growth: 3.04

Tariffs

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No Of Tariff Agreement: ...
Maximum Rate (%): 457.68
Simple Average (%): 2.66
Weighted Average (%): 2.41
Duty Free Imports (US$ Thousand): 206,505,399.46
Duty Free Tariff Lines Share (%): 60.18

Development Indicators

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GDP (current US$): 2,931,684
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$): 48,430.00
Trade Balance (% of GDP): -1.79
Trade Balance (current US$ Mil): -52,426.00
Trade in services (% of GDP): 18.94
Trade (% of GDP): 56.41