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Where does the United Kingdom get its electric cables? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the United Kingdom imported $5.4 billion of electric cables (473 thousand tonnes), 3.2% of the world total. Its main sources were Turkey (15%), China (14%) and Morocco (12%). The United Kingdom was the world’s 6th-largest importer of electric cables.

Summary

Value
$5.4billion
Tonnes
473thousand tonnes
Share of world total
3.2%
World rank
6th
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
Turkey834Tonnes: 122,435USD per tonne: $6,81315.3%Sea
China740Tonnes: 62,400USD per tonne: $11,86013.6%Sea
Morocco642Tonnes: 36,908USD per tonne: $17,40011.8%Sea
Egypt419Tonnes: 55,684USD per tonne: $7,5327.7%Sea
Poland296Tonnes: 18,791USD per tonne: $15,7415.4%Sea
United States288Tonnes: 3,248USD per tonne: $88,5655.3%Air
Germany237Tonnes: 11,583USD per tonne: $20,4234.4%Sea
India190Tonnes: 12,061USD per tonne: $15,7593.5%Sea
Italy183Tonnes: 16,312USD per tonne: $11,2323.4%Sea
Greece162Tonnes: 33,895USD per tonne: $4,7793%Sea
Romania142Tonnes: 5,501USD per tonne: $25,7692.6%Sea
Sweden138Tonnes: 17,921USD per tonne: $7,6882.5%Sea
France106Tonnes: 5,680USD per tonne: $18,6341.9%Sea
Portugal98.5Tonnes: 9,777USD per tonne: $10,0781.8%Sea
Mexico98.1Tonnes: 7,028USD per tonne: $13,9511.8%Sea
Vietnam73.6Tonnes: 1,331USD per tonne: $55,2541.4%Air
Czechia72.8Tonnes: 3,926USD per tonne: $18,5471.3%Sea
South Korea66.6Tonnes: 5,158USD per tonne: $12,9101.2%Sea
Serbia44.8Tonnes: 1,556USD per tonne: $28,8220.82%Sea
Spain44.8Tonnes: 5,127USD per tonne: $8,7290.82%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Turkey has been its main source since 2023

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

  • Turkey 834
  • China 740
  • Morocco 642
  • Egypt 419
  • Poland 296

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Turkey13.9834
China21.2740
Morocco0642
Egypt0.02419
Poland8.2296

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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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