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United Kingdom Trade Summary

2018

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR UNITED KINGDOM 2018

Overall Exports and Imports for United Kingdom 2018

Exports and imports of United Kingdom in 2018 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 490,840 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 671,694 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,485 products were exported to 231 countries and 4,511 products were imported from 229 countries.

United Kingdom top 5 Export and Import partners 2018

Top five countries to which United Kingdom exported in 2018 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. United Kingdom exports to United States worth US$ 65,985 million, with a partner share of 13.44 percent.
  2. United Kingdom exports to Germany worth US$ 47,511 million, with a partner share of 9.68 percent.
  3. United Kingdom exports to Netherlands worth US$ 34,528 million, with a partner share of 7.03 percent.
  4. United Kingdom exports to France worth US$ 32,082 million, with a partner share of 6.54 percent.
  5. United Kingdom exports to Ireland worth US$ 28,285 million, with a partner share of 5.76 percent.

Top five countries from which United Kingdom imported goods in 2018 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. United Kingdom imports from Germany worth US$ 92,101 million, with a partner share of 13.71 percent.
  2. United Kingdom imports from China worth US$ 63,392 million, with a partner share of 9.44 percent.
  3. United Kingdom imports from United States worth US$ 63,294 million, with a partner share of 9.42 percent.
  4. United Kingdom imports from Netherlands worth US$ 55,888 million, with a partner share of 8.32 percent.
  5. United Kingdom imports from France worth US$ 37,854 million, with a partner share of 5.64 percent.

United Kingdom Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 2018

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

  1. United Kingdom exported Gold in oth semi-manufactured forms,non-monetar , worth US$ 31,765,925.01 million.
  2. United Kingdom exported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth US$ 27,633,053.28 million.
  3. United Kingdom exported Aircraft parts nes , worth US$ 15,346,025.98 million.
  4. United Kingdom exported Automobiles with reciprocating piston engine di , worth US$ 14,916,720.24 million.
  5. United Kingdom exported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth US$ 14,510,180.73 million.

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 US$ 26,347,850.62 million.
  2. United Kingdom imported Gold in oth semi-manufactured forms,non-monetar , worth US$ 25,385,996.87 million.
  3. United Kingdom imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 22,124,097.77 million.
  4. United Kingdom imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth US$ 19,080,792.06 million.
  5. United Kingdom imported Other medicaments of mixed or unmixed products, , worth US$ 13,720,352.77 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 2018

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 2018 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 2018

Tariffs imposed by United Kingdom in 2018 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 247.47 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 2.44 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 1.92 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 175,993,438.87 and duty free tariff line items share was 56.82 percent.

Development Indicators 2018

Key Development Indicators of United Kingdom in 2018 are below

  • United Kingdom GDP in current US dollar was 2,878,152 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 42,180.00 .
  • United Kingdom Trade balance: as % of GDP was -1.53.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -44,035.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 64.00 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 24.85 .

Trade Indicators 2018

Trade Indicators for United Kingdom in 2018 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.05.
  • Index of export market penetration was 36.52.
  • World Growth in percentage was 4.83 and United Kingdom Country Growth was 4.72 .