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

In 2024, the United Kingdom imported $2.7 billion of jewelry (399 tonnes), 2.3% of the world total. Its main sources were India (16%), Thailand (13%) and France (12%). The United Kingdom was the world’s 10th-largest importer of jewelry.

Summary

Value
$2.7billion
Tonnes
399tonnes
Share of world total
2.3%
World rank
10th
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
India431Tonnes: 42USD per tonne: $10,380,24516.2%Air
Thailand336Tonnes: 87USD per tonne: $1,926,50112.6%Sea
France329Tonnes: 10USD per tonne: $33,717,34012.3%Air
United Arab Emirates302Tonnes: 7USD per tonne: $46,023,55911.3%Air
Italy289Tonnes: 47USD per tonne: $6,198,36610.8%Air
Switzerland288Tonnes: 3USD per tonne: $91,702,35410.8%Air
United States214Tonnes: 12USD per tonne: $17,554,9318%Air
China122Tonnes: 124USD per tonne: $979,4854.6%Air
Hong Kong re-exports93.4Tonnes: 5USD per tonne: $17,264,8673.5%Air
Turkey55.4Tonnes: 6USD per tonne: $9,884,8862.1%Air
Germany30.8Tonnes: 6USD per tonne: $5,043,1801.2%Air
Qatar28.4Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $1,094,079,0381.1%Air
Israel18.4Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $34,218,3980.69%Air
Spain14.1Tonnes: 17USD per tonne: $833,5080.53%Air
Mexico13.5Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $10,606,6000.51%Air
Singapore re-exports11.2Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $43,980,3020.42%Air
Indonesia8.4Tonnes: 3USD per tonne: $3,332,4280.32%Air
Canada8.1Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $9,172,1470.3%Air
Belgium re-exports7.9Tonnes: 2USD per tonne: $4,981,6350.3%Air
Japan7.2Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $10,198,2200.27%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

India has been its main source since 2022

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

  • India 0.43
  • Thailand 0.34
  • France 0.33
  • United Arab Emirates 0.3
  • Italy 0.29

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
India0.080.43
Thailand0.050.34
France0.140.33
United Arab Emirates0.030.3
Italy0.170.29

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

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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