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

In 2024, the United Kingdom imported $5.4 billion of furniture (1.6 million tonnes), 5.5% of the world total. Its main sources were China (37%), Italy (13%) and Germany (9%). The United Kingdom was the world’s 3rd-largest importer of furniture.

Summary

Value
$5.4billion
Tonnes
1.6million tonnes
Share of world total
5.5%
World rank
3rd
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
China2Tonnes: 667,254USD per tonne: $3,05537.5%Sea
Italy0.71Tonnes: 176,982USD per tonne: $4,02213.1%Sea
Germany0.48Tonnes: 91,114USD per tonne: $5,2498.8%Sea
Poland0.46Tonnes: 179,708USD per tonne: $2,5408.4%Sea
Vietnam0.25Tonnes: 50,737USD per tonne: $4,8304.5%Sea
Lithuania0.22Tonnes: 111,009USD per tonne: $2,0184.1%Sea
Sweden0.14Tonnes: 68,341USD per tonne: $2,0882.6%Sea
Spain0.1Tonnes: 20,557USD per tonne: $5,0551.9%Sea
Turkey0.1Tonnes: 23,748USD per tonne: $4,1071.8%Sea
Malaysia0.1Tonnes: 45,573USD per tonne: $2,1111.8%Sea
France0.08Tonnes: 13,087USD per tonne: $6,2921.5%Sea
United States0.08Tonnes: 6,609USD per tonne: $10,5131.4%Sea
India0.07Tonnes: 13,057USD per tonne: $5,2801.3%Sea
Denmark0.05Tonnes: 8,560USD per tonne: $5,6150.88%Sea
Brazil0.05Tonnes: 21,048USD per tonne: $2,1450.83%Sea
Czechia0.04Tonnes: 15,365USD per tonne: $2,9090.82%Sea
Ireland0.04Tonnes: 9,222USD per tonne: $4,7350.8%Land
Indonesia0.04Tonnes: 11,963USD per tonne: $3,6300.8%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.04Tonnes: 5,482USD per tonne: $7,1570.72%Sea
Portugal0.04Tonnes: 6,056USD per tonne: $6,1870.69%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 2
  • Italy 0.71
  • Germany 0.48
  • Poland 0.46
  • Vietnam 0.25

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China0.022
Italy0.230.71
Germany0.130.48
Poland0.010.46
Vietnam< 0.010.25

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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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