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Who buys the United Kingdom’s electric cables? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the United Kingdom exported $1.5 billion of electric cables (65 thousand tonnes), 0.9% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United States (14%), Germany (9%) and the Netherlands (7%). The United Kingdom was the world’s 25th-largest exporter of electric cables.

Summary

Value
$1.5billion
Tonnes
65thousand tonnes
Share of world total
0.9%
World rank
25th
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 States217Tonnes: 5,159USD per tonne: $41,96514.5%Air
Germany135Tonnes: 3,316USD per tonne: $40,6559%Air
Netherlands re-exports104Tonnes: 7,265USD per tonne: $14,3417%Sea
France94Tonnes: 4,952USD per tonne: $18,9846.3%Sea
Ireland77.8Tonnes: 7,154USD per tonne: $10,8695.2%Land
Norway72.3Tonnes: 1,190USD per tonne: $60,7494.8%Air
United Arab Emirates50.3Tonnes: 2,248USD per tonne: $22,3903.4%Sea
Saudi Arabia45.2Tonnes: 2,275USD per tonne: $19,8533%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports44.6Tonnes: 3,396USD per tonne: $13,1403%Sea
China43.7Tonnes: 766USD per tonne: $57,0302.9%Air
India34.1Tonnes: 1,371USD per tonne: $24,8842.3%Sea
Brazil32.8Tonnes: 423USD per tonne: $77,4302.2%Air
Czechia26.8Tonnes: 881USD per tonne: $30,4661.8%Sea
Spain26.2Tonnes: 922USD per tonne: $28,3981.8%Sea
Italy25.8Tonnes: 556USD per tonne: $46,3631.7%Air
Japan24.6Tonnes: 224USD per tonne: $109,8171.7%Air
Australia24.6Tonnes: 865USD per tonne: $28,4101.6%Air
Singapore re-exports23Tonnes: 367USD per tonne: $62,7131.5%Air
Egypt22Tonnes: 1,003USD per tonne: $21,9611.5%Sea
Turkey21.8Tonnes: 1,206USD per tonne: $18,1041.5%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States has been its main destination since 2021

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

  • United States 217
  • Germany 135
  • Netherlands 104
  • France 94
  • Ireland 77.8

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States42.6217
Germany99.2135
Netherlands53.7104
France52.594
Ireland63.477.8

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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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