UK regional trade in goods statistics: fourth quarter 2022
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Find data on the UK's international trade in goods at summary and product level, by UK regions and devolved administrations.
On 14 February 2023, HMRC announced corrections to Regional Trade in Goods Statistics (RTS). These corrections have been applied in this RTS 2022 Q4 release. They include:
- Corrections that were applied to Overseas Trade in Goods Statistics (OTS) data in December 2022. This affects UK imports from January 2021 to September 2022.
- Minor corrections in 2019 trade value and net mass data, affecting “Unallocated Known” and “Unallocated Unknown” regions only. These corrections do not apply to OTS as it is a result of moving a small part of trade value and net mass data from one region to another.
- Minor corrections in 2016 and 2017 net mass data only, which do not apply to OTS data.
Summary of trade trends
In 2022, compared with 2021:
- all UK countries experienced an increase in the value of exports
- all UK countries experienced an increase in the value of imports
- export values increased for all English regions
- import values increased for all English regions
UK total trade and trade by UK country
UK total trade and trade by UK country
UK total goods trade by UK country: 2022 compared with 2021
|
Exports |
Change in year (%) |
Imports |
Change in year (%) |
|
|
UK |
371.5 |
19.2 |
632.3 |
37.1 |
|
England |
267.3 |
18.1 |
474.3 |
32.0 |
|
Wales |
20.5 |
34.9 |
24.1 |
49.3 |
|
Scotland |
35.7 |
23.5 |
36.5 |
46.8 |
|
Northern Ireland |
9.2 |
15.3 |
9.5 |
21.4 |
Note: UK figures includes trade that cannot be allocated to a region.
Top trading partners by UK country - 2022
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Top trading partners by trade value
|
Exports |
Value |
Imports |
Value |
|
|
England |
USA |
40.1 |
Germany |
59.9 |
|
Wales |
USA |
3.4 |
USA |
3.7 |
|
Scotland |
Netherlands |
6.2 |
Norway |
10.0 |
|
Northern Ireland |
Ireland |
3.7 |
Ireland |
3.4 |
Partner countries with largest increase in value compared with previous year
|
Exports |
Imports |
|
|
England |
Netherlands |
Netherlands |
|
Wales |
Ireland |
USA |
|
Scotland |
Ireland |
Norway |
|
Northern Ireland |
Ireland |
Ireland |
Partner countries with largest decrease in value compared with previous year
|
Exports |
Imports |
|
|
England |
Russia |
Russia |
|
Wales |
Russia |
Russia |
|
Scotland |
China |
Russia |
|
Northern Ireland |
Russia |
Russia |
Top traded commodities by UK country - 2022
You can explore SITC values by UK region in the accompanying data tables.
Top exported commodities (SITC Divisions) by value
|
|
Commodity (SITC Division) |
Value (£ billion) |
Change in year (%) |
|
England |
Machinery & transport equipment |
104.7 |
12.8 |
|
Wales |
Machinery & transport equipment |
7.5 |
18.7 |
|
Scotland |
Mineral fuels, lubricants & related materials |
12.0 |
29.9 |
|
Northern Ireland |
Machinery & transport equipment |
3.0 |
16.0 |
Top imported commodities (SITC Divisions) by value
|
|
Commodity (SITC Division) |
Value (£ billion) |
Change in year (%) |
|
England |
Machinery & transport equipment |
160.0 |
28.5 |
|
Wales |
Mineral fuels, lubricants & related materials |
8.6 |
116.5 |
|
Scotland |
Mineral fuels, lubricants & related materials |
12.7 |
103.0 |
|
Northern Ireland |
Machinery & transport equipment |
2.3 |
26.6 |
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