What is the UK's biggest import?

Imports The top imports of United Kingdom are Gold ($83.7B), Cars ($32.8B), Broadcasting Equipment ($15.8B), Packaged Medicaments ($14.8B), and Crude Petroleum ($14.8B), importing mostly from Germany ($74.4B), China ($73.1B), United States ($48.6B), Netherlands ($40.3B), and France ($30.3B).
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What do UK import the most?

Britain's Top 10 Imports
  • Gems, precious metals: US$108.4 billion (17.1% of total imports)
  • Machinery including computers: $70.9 billion (11.2%)
  • Vehicles: $58.1 billion (9.2%)
  • Electrical machinery, equipment: $56.2 billion (8.9%)
  • Mineral fuels including oil: $33.7 billion (5.3%)
  • Pharmaceuticals: $26.1 billion (4.1%)
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Where does the UK import from the most?

China: The UK imported 13.4% of all goods from China in Quarter 2 2020. The UK imported more goods from China (£11.0 billion) than from any other trading partner in Quarter 2 2020. This was the first quarter that China accounted for the largest proportion of UK imports of goods.
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What are the 5 biggest imports?

Imports The top imports of United States are Cars ($144B), Computers ($92.4B), Packaged Medicaments ($84.1B), Broadcasting Equipment ($82B), and Crude Petroleum ($75.1B), importing mostly from China ($438B), Mexico ($326B), Canada ($264B), Germany ($116B), and Japan ($112B).
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What are the top 10 imports?

What Are the Major U.S. Imports?
  • Minerals, fuels, and oil – $241.4 billion.
  • Pharmaceuticals – $116.3 billion.
  • Medical equipment and supplies – $93.4 billion.
  • Furniture, Lighting, and Signs – $72.1 billion.
  • Plastics – $61.9 billion.
  • Gems and precious metals – $60.8 billion.
  • Organic chemicals – $54.6 billion.
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Who Does The UK Trade With Most? - Data Dive



What do we import into the UK?

Gold, computers, petroleum gas and cars are among the most valuable products imported into the United Kingdom during 2021. UK's imports represent 3.9% of total global imports which totaled an estimated $17.706 trillion one year earlier during 2020.
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What is the UK's biggest food import?

Leading food and drinks goods imported into the UK from the EU 2020. The leading food commodity the United Kingdom (UK) imported from the European Union (EU) in 2020 was fruit and vegetables, which had an import value of just over seven billion British pounds.
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What is the UK's biggest export?

Here we take a look at the five largest export commodities of the UK, based on HMRC's figures for the 12 months of 2017:
  • Crude oil - £20.0bn. ...
  • Pharmaceutical products - £26.3bn. ...
  • Electrical machinery - £27.7bn. ...
  • Cars - £32.7bn. ...
  • Mechanical machinery - £48.5bn.
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What does the UK import 2021?

Increasing imports from non-EU countries in Quarter 4 2021 were driven by a £4.5 billion increase in imports of fuels, alongside increases to miscellaneous manufactures, and machinery and transport equipment (Figure 4).
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What is the UK's biggest food export?

Here are the top food and drink products exported by the UK in 2020, as reported by the fdf.
  • Whisky – £3.9 billion.
  • Chocolate – £786.3 million.
  • Cheese – £653.6 million.
  • Pork – £629.7 million.
  • Salmon – £617.1 million.
  • Gin – £573.5 million.
  • Wine – £534.9 million.
  • Breakfast Cereals – £526.9 million.
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How much of the UK food is imported?

In 2020, the UK imported 46% of the food it consumed. No one country provides more than 11% of those imports, a picture which has been stable for some time. By value, £48 billion of FFD was imported and £21.4 billion was exported.
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What does UK sell to Russia?

The main exports from the UK to Russia in 2021 were machinery and transport equipment (£1.5 billion) and chemicals (£0.7 billion). Cars accounted for £0.4 billion of the machinery and transport equipment exports; 1.6% of the UK's total car exports 2021.
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Does the UK import or export more?

The UK generally imports more than it exports meaning that it runs a trade deficit.
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Does the UK import milk?

The UK runs the second largest dairy trade deficit in the world. Currently, 16% of the UK's dairy is imported with 98% of these imports of EU origin. This trade with the UK constitutes 10% of the EU's total dairy exports with Ireland and France being the major exporters of dairy products to the UK.
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Who is the largest exporter in the world?

China has been the largest exporter of goods in the world since 2009, and total Chinese exports amounted to $2.641 trillion in 2019.
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Which country imports the most?

The United States takes home the number one spot with $2,409 billion of imports in 2017, about 13.4% of the global total.
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Could the UK feed itself?

The UK is not self-sufficient in food production; it imports 48% of the total food consumed and the proportion is rising. Therefore, as a food-trading nation, the UK relies on both imports and a thriving agricultural sector to feed itself and drive economic growth.
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