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Where does the United Kingdom get its excavators and construction machinery? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the United Kingdom imported $1.5 billion of excavators and construction machinery (191 thousand tonnes), 2.5% of the world total. Its main sources were Japan (30%), China (19%) and Germany (12%). The United Kingdom was the world’s 7th-largest importer of excavators and construction machinery.

Summary

Value
$1.5billion
Tonnes
191thousand tonnes
Share of world total
2.5%
World rank
7th
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
Japan457Tonnes: 56,203USD per tonne: $8,13130.4%Sea
China293Tonnes: 39,307USD per tonne: $7,44919.5%Sea
Germany175Tonnes: 21,113USD per tonne: $8,28411.6%Sea
France104Tonnes: 8,435USD per tonne: $12,3206.9%Sea
South Korea89.1Tonnes: 12,791USD per tonne: $6,9645.9%Sea
Sweden81.7Tonnes: 7,209USD per tonne: $11,3275.4%Sea
Netherlands re-exports53.6Tonnes: 12,056USD per tonne: $4,4463.6%Sea
United States41.8Tonnes: 3,849USD per tonne: $10,8522.8%Sea
Italy39Tonnes: 4,549USD per tonne: $8,5672.6%Sea
Czechia31.3Tonnes: 2,578USD per tonne: $12,1502.1%Sea
India29.9Tonnes: 4,073USD per tonne: $7,3462%Sea
Belgium re-exports23.6Tonnes: 5,044USD per tonne: $4,6801.6%Sea
Austria23.2Tonnes: 2,263USD per tonne: $10,2321.5%Sea
Ireland21.8Tonnes: 6,148USD per tonne: $3,5381.4%Land
Finland11.6Tonnes: 911USD per tonne: $12,7860.77%Sea
Brazil7.2Tonnes: 441USD per tonne: $16,3190.48%Sea
Turkey5Tonnes: 722USD per tonne: $6,9600.33%Sea
Thailand2.4Tonnes: 243USD per tonne: $10,0120.16%Sea
Spain2.3Tonnes: 269USD per tonne: $8,7000.16%Sea
Australia2.1Tonnes: 396USD per tonne: $5,2260.14%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Japan has been its main source since 2013

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

  • Japan 457
  • China 293
  • Germany 175
  • France 104
  • South Korea 89.1

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Japan45.9457
China0.67293
Germany80.1175
France117104
South Korea38.289.1

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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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