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Where does the United Kingdom get its footwear? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the United Kingdom imported $5.3 billion of footwear (227 thousand tonnes), 3.6% of the world total. Its main sources were China (30%), Vietnam (26%) and Italy (10%). The United Kingdom was the world’s 6th-largest importer of footwear.

Summary

Value
$5.3billion
Tonnes
227thousand tonnes
Share of world total
3.6%
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 billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China1.6Tonnes: 114,311USD per tonne: $14,04930%Sea
Vietnam1.4Tonnes: 47,051USD per tonne: $29,70326.1%Sea
Italy0.53Tonnes: 4,812USD per tonne: $109,8189.9%Air
Indonesia0.44Tonnes: 14,864USD per tonne: $29,6758.3%Sea
India0.31Tonnes: 9,722USD per tonne: $32,1785.9%Sea
Germany0.18Tonnes: 5,442USD per tonne: $32,6853.3%Sea
Portugal0.17Tonnes: 4,850USD per tonne: $34,1603.1%Air
Cambodia0.12Tonnes: 5,499USD per tonne: $21,9212.3%Sea
Spain0.09Tonnes: 2,306USD per tonne: $39,5661.7%Air
Netherlands re-exports0.05Tonnes: 2,037USD per tonne: $22,2110.85%Sea
France0.04Tonnes: 1,237USD per tonne: $33,5340.78%Sea
Turkey0.03Tonnes: 1,452USD per tonne: $24,0060.65%Sea
Romania0.03Tonnes: 404USD per tonne: $85,0340.64%Air
Bangladesh0.03Tonnes: 1,621USD per tonne: $18,7090.57%Sea
Ireland0.03Tonnes: 840USD per tonne: $33,5520.53%Land
Belgium re-exports0.02Tonnes: 416USD per tonne: $55,8690.43%Air
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.02Tonnes: 422USD per tonne: $47,5350.38%Air
Brazil0.02Tonnes: 564USD per tonne: $34,5080.36%Sea
Myanmar0.02Tonnes: 1,023USD per tonne: $18,2110.35%Sea
Laos0.02Tonnes: 875USD per tonne: $19,2440.31%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

China has been its main source since 2005

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

  • China 1.6
  • Vietnam 1.4
  • Italy 0.53
  • Indonesia 0.44
  • India 0.31

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China0.11.6
Vietnam0.091.4
Italy0.480.53
Indonesia0.250.44
India0.080.31

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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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