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Where does the United Kingdom get its auto parts? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the United Kingdom imported $12.4 billion of auto parts (1.2 million tonnes), 2.8% of the world total. Its main sources were Germany (23%), China (9%) and Poland (9%). The United Kingdom was the world’s 10th-largest importer of auto parts.

Summary

Value
$12.4billion
Tonnes
1.2million tonnes
Share of world total
2.8%
World rank
10th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Germany2.9Tonnes: 200,332USD per tonne: $14,28523%Sea
China1.1Tonnes: 217,156USD per tonne: $5,1679%Sea
Poland1.1Tonnes: 107,181USD per tonne: $10,4279%Sea
Italy0.99Tonnes: 75,254USD per tonne: $13,1388%Sea
France0.95Tonnes: 126,153USD per tonne: $7,5527.7%Sea
Spain0.62Tonnes: 64,522USD per tonne: $9,6155%Sea
Hungary0.57Tonnes: 30,494USD per tonne: $18,8304.6%Sea
Czechia0.51Tonnes: 43,659USD per tonne: $11,5714.1%Sea
Japan0.46Tonnes: 31,409USD per tonne: $14,4973.7%Sea
Turkey0.43Tonnes: 66,919USD per tonne: $6,4883.5%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.37Tonnes: 45,303USD per tonne: $8,2123%Sea
Slovakia0.33Tonnes: 21,063USD per tonne: $15,5932.6%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.3Tonnes: 31,111USD per tonne: $9,5092.4%Sea
Romania0.25Tonnes: 14,088USD per tonne: $17,6972%Sea
United States0.23Tonnes: 11,353USD per tonne: $20,5721.9%Sea
India0.17Tonnes: 33,458USD per tonne: $4,9401.3%Sea
South Korea0.15Tonnes: 19,705USD per tonne: $7,3761.2%Sea
Taiwan0.14Tonnes: 11,088USD per tonne: $12,2621.1%Sea
Sweden0.11Tonnes: 7,234USD per tonne: $15,0020.87%Sea
Portugal0.09Tonnes: 7,964USD per tonne: $11,8780.76%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Germany was its main source throughout the period

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

  • Germany 2.9
  • China 1.1
  • Poland 1.1
  • Italy 0.99
  • France 0.95

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany3.72.9
China0.011.1
Poland< 0.011.1
Italy0.460.99
France1.40.95

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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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