United Kingdom Exports 1955-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar | Forecast

Exports of goods and services from the UK rose 1.2 percent to an all-time high of GBP 54.95 billion in September of 2018 from GBP 54.29 billion in the previous month. The increase was boosted by a 1.7 percent gain in exports of goods and a 0.6 percent rise in services. Among purchases of goods, higher shipments were recorded in machinery & transport equipment (6.3%), material manufactures (5.4%) and crude materials (2.5%). In contrast, external sales fell mostly for chemicals (-0.6%), fuels (-9.8%) and food & live animals (-0.5%). Among major trading partners, exports of goods to non-EU countries advanced 5.0 percent, primarily to the US (1.7%), Canada (33.4%), the UAE (13.5%) while fell mostly to China (-13.6%) and Hong Kong (-6.1%). Meantime, shipments to the EU countries fell 1.7 percent, as sales decreased mainly to France (-23.5%) and Belgium (-4.9%) but they rose to Germany (1.2%) and Netherlands (2.2%). Exports in the United Kingdom averaged 23996.86 GBP Million from 1955 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 54953 GBP Million in September of 2018 and a record low of 962 GBP Million in June of 1955.

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United Kingdom Trade	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Balance of Trade	-27.00	-2101.00	2946.00	-5749.00	GBP Million	[+]
Exports	54953.00	54287.00	54953.00	962.00	GBP Million	[+]
Imports	54980.00	56388.00	56388.00	1031.00	GBP Million	[+]
Current Account	-20317.00	-15692.00	2654.00	-32163.00	GBP Million	[+]
Current Account to GDP	-4.10	-5.80	2.60	-5.80	percent	[+]
External Debt	6382913.00	6412914.00	6428718.00	565439.00	GBP Million	[+]
Capital Flows	13843.00	3074.00	42878.00	-15043.00	GBP Million	[+]
Foreign Direct Investment	22199.00	-3896.00	82539.00	-44536.00	GBP Million	[+]
Gold Reserves	310.30	310.30	588.27	310.25	Tonnes	[+]
Crude Oil Production	915.00	854.00	2821.00	1.00	BBL/D/1K	[+]
Terrorism Index	5.10	5.08	5.68	4.19		[+]
Tourism Revenues	2008.00	2013.00	3014.00	126.00	GBP Million	[+]
Tourist Arrivals	3234.00	3469.00	4043.00	540.00	Thousand	[+]
Weapons Sales	1214.00	1365.00	6069.00	744.00	USD Million	[+]

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United Kingdom Exports

UK's trade is measured through both imports and exports of goods and services. In 2017, exports of goods accounted for 55 percent of total exports, mainly: mechanical machinery (14 percent of total exports); cars (10 percent); electrical machinery (8 percent); medicinal and pharmaceutical products (8 percent); crude oil (6 percent); aircraft (5 percent); other miscellaneous manufactures (5 percent); scientific and photographic (4 percent); and refined oil (3 percent). Main goods export partners were: the United States (14 percent of total exports); Germany (11 percent); France (8 percent); the Netherlands and Ireland (6 percent each); China (5 percent); Belgium & Luxembourg (4 percent); and Italy and Spain (3 percent each). Services accounted for 45 percent of total exports, mainly professional, scientific and technical activities; followed by the information and communication services. This page provides - United Kingdom Exports - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. United Kingdom Exports - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on November of 2018.