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Where does the United Kingdom get its batteries? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the United Kingdom imported $4 billion of batteries (365 thousand tonnes), 2.6% of the world total. Its main sources were China (48%), Germany (7%) and the United States (6%). The United Kingdom was the world’s 8th-largest importer of batteries.

Summary

Value
$4billion
Tonnes
365thousand tonnes
Share of world total
2.6%
World rank
8th
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
China1.9Tonnes: 113,990USD per tonne: $17,00048.5%Sea
Germany0.27Tonnes: 26,418USD per tonne: $10,1296.7%Sea
United States0.25Tonnes: 9,180USD per tonne: $27,5326.3%Sea
Japan0.23Tonnes: 8,130USD per tonne: $27,8145.7%Air
Hungary0.2Tonnes: 6,575USD per tonne: $31,0255.1%Sea
Poland0.18Tonnes: 13,562USD per tonne: $13,1214.5%Air
Vietnam0.17Tonnes: 15,501USD per tonne: $11,2894.4%Sea
South Korea0.14Tonnes: 37,286USD per tonne: $3,7443.5%Sea
Spain0.12Tonnes: 38,694USD per tonne: $3,1453%Sea
Italy0.07Tonnes: 19,869USD per tonne: $3,5801.8%Sea
France0.06Tonnes: 6,440USD per tonne: $10,0331.6%Sea
Turkey0.05Tonnes: 17,609USD per tonne: $2,6961.2%Sea
Czechia0.03Tonnes: 5,236USD per tonne: $6,3610.83%Sea
Austria0.03Tonnes: 4,926USD per tonne: $5,3760.66%Sea
Taiwan0.03Tonnes: 3,080USD per tonne: $8,2630.64%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.03Tonnes: 1,625USD per tonne: $15,3930.63%Sea
Indonesia0.02Tonnes: 5,665USD per tonne: $3,1140.44%Sea
Malaysia0.02Tonnes: 377USD per tonne: $43,7540.41%Air
Slovenia0.02Tonnes: 5,168USD per tonne: $2,9250.38%Sea
Portugal0.01Tonnes: 3,504USD per tonne: $3,7760.33%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

China has been its main source since 2022

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

  • China 1.9
  • Germany 0.27
  • United States 0.25
  • Japan 0.23
  • Hungary 0.2

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China0.011.9
Germany0.050.27
United States0.080.25
Japan0.10.23
Hungary< 0.010.2

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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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