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Who buys the United Kingdom’s aircraft and helicopters? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the United Kingdom exported $1.7 billion of aircraft and helicopters (2 thousand tonnes), 1.1% of the world total. Its main destinations were Qatar (27%), Poland (10%) and Germany (9%). The United Kingdom was the world’s 12th-largest exporter of aircraft and helicopters.

Summary

Value
$1.7billion
Tonnes
2thousand tonnes
Share of world total
1.1%
World rank
12th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Qatar457Tonnes: 51USD per tonne: $8,971,14327.3%Air
Poland163Tonnes: 278USD per tonne: $584,4019.7%Air
Germany142Tonnes: 444USD per tonne: $320,5098.5%Air
United States142Tonnes: 131USD per tonne: $1,078,9498.5%Air
Hong Kong re-exports95.4Tonnes: 47USD per tonne: $2,018,8945.7%Air
France93.3Tonnes: 60USD per tonne: $1,558,6365.6%Air
Netherlands re-exports92.6Tonnes: 87USD per tonne: $1,064,8845.5%Air
Ireland80.7Tonnes: 66USD per tonne: $1,231,2694.8%Land
Spain66.5Tonnes: 210USD per tonne: $316,2874%Air
Bulgaria34Tonnes: 161USD per tonne: $211,0632%Air
Kenya30.8Tonnes: 101USD per tonne: $304,3231.8%Air
Luxembourg29.6Tonnes: 33USD per tonne: $907,9361.8%Air
Malta26.3Tonnes: 13USD per tonne: $2,038,8191.6%Air
Sweden23.8Tonnes: 54USD per tonne: $444,2661.4%Air
Belgium re-exports21.4Tonnes: 83USD per tonne: $257,9361.3%Air
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)20.5Tonnes: 6USD per tonne: $3,664,8851.2%Air
China16.5Tonnes: 9USD per tonne: $1,793,7980.99%Air
Portugal15.7Tonnes: 15USD per tonne: $1,046,4050.94%Air
Brazil14.2Tonnes: 6USD per tonne: $2,202,0870.85%Air
Czechia13.6Tonnes: 22USD per tonne: $627,5820.81%Air

Trend

Who it sells to

Qatar has been its main destination since 2022

Value in USD billions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • Qatar 0.46
  • Poland 0.16
  • Germany 0.14
  • United States 0.14
  • Hong Kong 0.1

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Qatar00.46
Poland< 0.010.16
Germany< 0.010.14
United States0.450.14
Hong Kong0.010.1

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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