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Where does the United Kingdom get its chips (integrated circuits)? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the United Kingdom imported $2.1 billion of chips (integrated circuits) (6 thousand tonnes), 0.2% of the world total. Its main sources were Taiwan (23%), China (15%) and the United States (12%). The United Kingdom was the world’s 25th-largest importer of chips (integrated circuits).

Summary

Value
$2.1billion
Tonnes
6thousand tonnes
Share of world total
0.2%
World rank
25th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Taiwan486Tonnes: 284USD per tonne: $1,712,04323.4%Air
China313Tonnes: 1,781USD per tonne: $175,45115%Air
United States242Tonnes: 351USD per tonne: $689,30911.6%Air
Netherlands re-exports173Tonnes: 580USD per tonne: $297,6638.3%Air
Germany136Tonnes: 196USD per tonne: $696,6116.6%Air
Philippines94.5Tonnes: 84USD per tonne: $1,129,7884.6%Air
France78.5Tonnes: 212USD per tonne: $369,5983.8%Air
Malaysia67.3Tonnes: 435USD per tonne: $154,6433.2%Air
Vietnam65.2Tonnes: 58USD per tonne: $1,119,9453.1%Air
Thailand56.1Tonnes: 200USD per tonne: $280,0752.7%Air
Spain39.6Tonnes: 169USD per tonne: $233,9711.9%Air
Japan38.2Tonnes: 71USD per tonne: $537,1181.8%Air
Poland36.8Tonnes: 346USD per tonne: $106,2991.8%Air
Singapore re-exports26.2Tonnes: 39USD per tonne: $667,2971.3%Air
South Korea18.7Tonnes: 34USD per tonne: $551,8710.9%Air
Austria17.4Tonnes: 65USD per tonne: $267,2460.84%Air
Italy17.3Tonnes: 74USD per tonne: $233,2970.83%Air
Israel15.5Tonnes: 25USD per tonne: $630,3720.75%Air
Czechia14Tonnes: 61USD per tonne: $228,9700.67%Air
Hong Kong re-exports12.3Tonnes: 92USD per tonne: $133,8680.59%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

Taiwan has been its main source since 2023

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

  • Taiwan 0.49
  • China 0.31
  • United States 0.24
  • Netherlands 0.17
  • Germany 0.14

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Taiwan0.140.49
China< 0.010.31
United States1.70.24
Netherlands0.550.17
Germany0.970.14

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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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