How U.K. trade stacks up
The U.K. has launched the difficult, delicate process of renegotiating its ties with the European Union. The EU as a whole is the U.K.’s biggest trading partner, providing a market for 44% of all British exports and supplying 53% of its imports.
-
14
24
Australia
1.6%
-
30
27
Austria
0.5%
-
45
46
Azerbaijan
0.2%
-
7
6
Belgium & Luxembourg
3.4%
-
27
35
Brazil
0.7%
-
17
18
Canada
1.4%
-
44
47
Cayman Islands*
0.2%
-
9
3
China
3.2%
-
28
19
Czech Republic
0.6%
-
24
23
Denmark
1.1%
-
41
48
Egypt
0.3%
-
29
34
Finland
0.5%
-
3
4
France
6.2%
-
2
1
Germany
8.7%
-
35
36
Greece
0.4%
-
15
17
Hong Kong
1.6%
-
40
32
Hungary
0.3%
-
19
15
India
1.2%
-
5
9
Ireland
5%
-
36
44
Israel
0.4%
-
8
8
Italy
3.2%
-
11
14
Japan
2%
-
43
49
Kuwait
0.3%
-
34
39
Malaysia
0.4%
-
37
45
Mexico
0.4%
-
4
5
Netherlands
5.7%
-
33
43
Nigeria
0.4%
-
20
10
Norway
1.1%
-
22
13
Poland
1.1%
-
32
21
Portugal
0.5%
-
31
33
Qatar
0.5%
-
42
41
Romania
0.3%
-
21
20
Russia
1.1%
-
18
37
Saudi Arabia
1.3%
-
16
25
Singapore
1.5%
-
26
26
South Africa
0.8%
-
23
22
South Korea
1.1%
-
10
7
Spain
2.8%
-
13
12
Sweden
1.7%
-
6
11
Switzerland
4.2%
-
39
29
Taiwan
0.3%
-
38
30
Thailand
0.4%
-
25
16
Turkey
0.9%
-
12
28
UAE
1.7%
-
1
2
USA
19.4%
Source: Office for National Statistics, 2015.
Published August 19, 2016; Updated January 25, 2017.
