UK regional trade in goods statistics: second quarter 2024

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National Statistics logoFind data on the UK's international trade in goods at summary and product level, by UK regions and devolved administrations.

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 explanatory notes of the latest RTS commentary document.

UK total goods trade by UK country

UK total goods trade by UK country: year to June 2024, compared with the previous 12 months

 

Exports
(£ billion)

Change in year (%)

Imports
(£ billion)

Change in year (%)

UK

356.8

-6.7

576.7

-8.2

England

260.7

-4.5

432.4

-8.0

Wales

18.6

-9.0

21.1

-10.0

Scotland

31.9

-13.0

27.8

-20.7

Northern Ireland

11.1

6.9

9.5

-4.3

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

Top trading partners by UK country, year to June 2024

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

Top trading partners by by trade value

 

Exports

Value
(£ billion)

Imports

Value
(£ billion)

England

USA

43.7

Germany

62.0

Wales

USA

2.7

USA

4.2

Scotland

Netherlands

5.6

Norway

4.0

Northern Ireland

Ireland

4.2

Ireland

3.4

Partner countries with largest increase in value compared with previous year

 

Exports

Imports

England

USA

Spain

Wales

South Korea

Turkey

Scotland

Sweden

France

Northern Ireland

USA

Germany

Partner countries with largest decrease in value compared with previous year

 

Exports

Imports

England

Netherlands

USA

Wales

USA

Norway

Scotland

Ireland

Norway

Northern Ireland

Netherlands

Ireland

Top traded commodities by UK country, year to June 2024

You can explore SITC values by UK region in the accompanying data tables.

Top exported commodities (SITC Divisions) by value

 

Commodity                (SITC Division)

          Value (£ billions)

Change in  year (%)

England

Machinery & transport equipment

121.3

4.9

Wales

Machinery & transport equipment

8.3

1.3

Scotland

Mineral fuels, lubricants & related materials

9.4

-25.4

Northern Ireland

Machinery & transport equipment

3.6

3.7

Top imported commodities (SITC Divisions) by value

 

Commodity                (SITC Division)

           Value   (£ billions)

Change in  year (%)

England

Machinery & transport equipment

174.7

1.9

Wales

Machinery & transport equipment

8.1

0.7

Scotland

Machinery & transport equipment

11.2

-3.6

Northern Ireland

Machinery & transport equipment

2.7

5.7

Full commentary

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Datasets

Access quarterly data for combined EU and non-EU trade.

Earlier data

Find earlier regional trade statistics.

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