UK regional trade in goods statistics: third quarter 2022

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From January 2022, HMRC implemented a change in data collection methods affecting trade in goods data on imports from the EU into Great Britain. This creates a break in the time series, users should take care when making comparisons with quarters and years prior to 2022.

Furthermore, a new method for EU business counts was introduced in the 2022 Q1 publication, which results in a break in series from previous RTS EU business counts. EU and total business counts from the 2021 data period onwards will therefore not be comparable with RTS business counts published prior to 2021.

More information on recent data source changes and it’s impacts on RTS can be found in the commentary linked below.

UK total trade and trade by UK country

UK total trade and trade by UK country: year to September 2022 compared with the previous 12 months

 

Exports
(£ billion)

Change in year (%)

Imports
(£ billion)

Change in year (%)

UK

359.5

17.4

589.9

30.0

England

259.0

15.3

453.4

28.7

Wales

19.5

36.6

22.8

49.3

Scotland

34.5

27.2

33.6

53.9

Northern Ireland

8.8

11.0

9.1

20.1

Note: UK figures includes trade that cannot be allocated to a region.

Top trading partners by UK country, year to September 2022

You can create and explore more UK country data in the interactive data tables.

Top trading partners by trade value

 

Exports

Value
(£ billion)

Imports

Value
(£ billion)

England

USA

37.9

Germany

56.9

Wales

USA

3.1

USA

3.2

Scotland

Netherlands

6.1

Norway

10.4

Northern Ireland

Ireland

3.6

Ireland

3.3

Partner countries with largest increase in value compared with previous year

 

Exports

Imports

England

Netherlands

Norway

Wales

Ireland

USA

Scotland

Ireland

Norway

Northern Ireland

Ireland

Ireland

Partner countries with largest decrease in value compared with previous year

 

Exports

Imports

England

China

Russia

Wales

Russia

Ivory Coast

Scotland

China

China

Northern Ireland

Russia

Russia

Top traded commodities by UK country, year to September 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

99.8

7.6

Wales

Machinery & transport equipment

7.2

17.3

Scotland

Mineral fuels, lubricants & related materials

11.8

46.6

Northern Ireland

Machinery & transport equipment

2.8

8.0

Top imported commodities (SITC Divisions) by value

 

Commodity (SITC Division)

Value (£ billion)

Change in year (%)

England

Machinery & transport equipment

150.3

17.8

Wales

Mineral fuels, lubricants & related materials

8.0

166.9

Scotland

Mineral fuels, lubricants & related materials

12.3

250.4

Northern Ireland

Machinery & transport equipment

2.1

22.7

Full commentary

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Datasets

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Earlier data

Find earlier regional trade statistics.

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