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United Kingdom Trade Summary

2008

United Kingdom exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR UNITED KINGDOM 2008

Overall Exports and Imports for United Kingdom 2008

Exports and imports of United Kingdom in 2008 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 482,021 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 705,344 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,524 products were exported to 229 countries and 4,555 products were imported from 222 countries.

United Kingdom top 5 Export and Import partners 2008

Top five countries to which United Kingdom exported in 2008 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. United Kingdom exports to United States worth US$ 65,168 million, with a partner share of 13.52 percent.
  2. United Kingdom exports to Germany worth US$ 53,919 million, with a partner share of 11.19 percent.
  3. United Kingdom exports to Netherlands worth US$ 36,451 million, with a partner share of 7.56 percent.
  4. United Kingdom exports to France worth US$ 35,572 million, with a partner share of 7.38 percent.
  5. United Kingdom exports to Ireland worth US$ 34,916 million, with a partner share of 7.24 percent.

Top five countries from which United Kingdom imported goods in 2008 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. United Kingdom imports from Germany worth US$ 84,616 million, with a partner share of 12.00 percent.
  2. United Kingdom imports from United States worth US$ 63,856 million, with a partner share of 9.05 percent.
  3. United Kingdom imports from China worth US$ 58,221 million, with a partner share of 8.25 percent.
  4. United Kingdom imports from Netherlands worth US$ 47,944 million, with a partner share of 6.80 percent.
  5. United Kingdom imports from France worth US$ 45,022 million, with a partner share of 6.38 percent.

United Kingdom Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2008

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by United Kingdom along with trade value are:

  1. United Kingdom exported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 30,963,906.14 (US$ Thousands).
  2. United Kingdom exported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 23,883,913.37 (US$ Thousands).
  3. United Kingdom exported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 20,821,626.55 (US$ Thousands).
  4. United Kingdom exported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 10,737,159.79 (US$ Thousands).
  5. United Kingdom exported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 6,966,271.99 (US$ Thousands).

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by United Kingdom along with trade value are

  1. United Kingdom imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 38,162,999.71 (US$ Thousands).
  2. United Kingdom imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth 23,469,005.12 (US$ Thousands).
  3. United Kingdom imported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth 17,601,647.94 (US$ Thousands).
  4. United Kingdom imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth 12,000,014.94 (US$ Thousands).
  5. United Kingdom imported Natural gas in gaseous state , worth 11,534,042.41 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2008

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2008 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2008

Tariffs imposed by United Kingdom in 2008 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 457.68 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 2.66 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 2.41 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 206,505,399.46 and duty free tariff line items share was 60.18 percent.

Development Indicators 2008

Key Development Indicators of United Kingdom in 2008 are below

  • United Kingdom GDP in current US dollar was 2,931,684 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 48,430.00 .
  • United Kingdom Trade balance: as % of GDP was -1.79.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -52,426.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 56.41 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 18.94 .

Trade Indicators 2008

Trade Indicators for United Kingdom in 2008 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.05.
  • Index of export market penetration was 36.04.
  • World Growth in percentage was -59.29 and United Kingdom Country Growth was -59.80 .