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Who buys the United Kingdom’s excavators and construction machinery? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the United Kingdom exported $2.7 billion of excavators and construction machinery (385 thousand tonnes), 4.6% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United States (22%), Germany (7%) and Poland (7%). The United Kingdom was the world’s 7th-largest exporter of excavators and construction machinery.

Summary

Value
$2.7billion
Tonnes
385thousand tonnes
Share of world total
4.6%
World rank
7th
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
United States597Tonnes: 70,546USD per tonne: $8,46321.8%Sea
Germany202Tonnes: 23,077USD per tonne: $8,7727.4%Sea
Poland194Tonnes: 28,648USD per tonne: $6,7777.1%Sea
Turkey173Tonnes: 17,822USD per tonne: $9,7136.3%Sea
Netherlands re-exports161Tonnes: 31,757USD per tonne: $5,0855.9%Sea
Ireland108Tonnes: 22,428USD per tonne: $4,7933.9%Land
France99.6Tonnes: 10,090USD per tonne: $9,8723.6%Sea
Canada95.3Tonnes: 10,300USD per tonne: $9,2523.5%Sea
Japan91.5Tonnes: 9,276USD per tonne: $9,8663.3%Sea
Austria86.7Tonnes: 9,280USD per tonne: $9,3463.2%Sea
Spain70Tonnes: 11,529USD per tonne: $6,0692.6%Sea
Belgium re-exports64.1Tonnes: 13,180USD per tonne: $4,8622.3%Sea
Ukraine62.8Tonnes: 9,133USD per tonne: $6,8712.3%Sea
Italy41.2Tonnes: 5,953USD per tonne: $6,9241.5%Sea
Georgia39.6Tonnes: 4,741USD per tonne: $8,3451.4%Sea
Bulgaria36.3Tonnes: 4,343USD per tonne: $8,3531.3%Sea
Australia33.9Tonnes: 3,988USD per tonne: $8,5051.2%Sea
United Arab Emirates33.5Tonnes: 4,649USD per tonne: $7,1991.2%Sea
Czechia31.7Tonnes: 4,172USD per tonne: $7,6041.2%Sea
Sweden28.3Tonnes: 2,832USD per tonne: $10,0071%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States has been its main destination since 2010

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

  • United States 597
  • Germany 202
  • Poland 194
  • Turkey 173
  • Netherlands 161

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States217597
Germany136202
Poland7.6194
Turkey10.2173
Netherlands57.7161

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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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