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Who buys the United Kingdom’s mobile phones? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the United Kingdom exported $4 billion of mobile phones (11 thousand tonnes), 0.6% of the world total. Its main destinations were the Netherlands (30%), the United Arab Emirates (14%) and the United States (6%). The United Kingdom was the world’s 17th-largest exporter of mobile phones.

Summary

Value
$4billion
Tonnes
11thousand tonnes
Share of world total
0.6%
World rank
17th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Netherlands re-exports1.2Tonnes: 2,018USD per tonne: $590,11629.9%Air
United Arab Emirates0.55Tonnes: 827USD per tonne: $670,69013.9%Air
United States0.26Tonnes: 602USD per tonne: $425,2266.4%Air
Germany0.25Tonnes: 943USD per tonne: $266,1336.3%Air
Ireland0.21Tonnes: 829USD per tonne: $252,7405.3%Land
France0.16Tonnes: 724USD per tonne: $217,7444%Air
Hong Kong re-exports0.15Tonnes: 257USD per tonne: $580,3213.8%Air
Israel0.11Tonnes: 220USD per tonne: $486,8332.7%Air
Australia0.08Tonnes: 77USD per tonne: $1,044,3112%Air
Czechia0.08Tonnes: 106USD per tonne: $728,6311.9%Air
China0.08Tonnes: 99USD per tonne: $761,7871.9%Air
Italy0.06Tonnes: 94USD per tonne: $687,2271.6%Air
Hungary0.06Tonnes: 148USD per tonne: $421,2521.6%Air
India0.06Tonnes: 291USD per tonne: $212,7061.6%Air
Spain0.06Tonnes: 250USD per tonne: $233,1991.5%Air
Sweden0.04Tonnes: 115USD per tonne: $355,8851%Air
Singapore re-exports0.04Tonnes: 105USD per tonne: $357,0740.94%Air
Poland0.04Tonnes: 259USD per tonne: $143,4160.93%Air
Denmark0.03Tonnes: 60USD per tonne: $495,6170.74%Air
Philippines0.02Tonnes: 60USD per tonne: $411,0060.61%Air

Trend

Who it sells to

The Netherlands has been its main destination since 2021

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

  • Netherlands 1.2
  • United Arab Emirates 0.55
  • United States 0.26
  • Germany 0.25
  • Ireland 0.21

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Netherlands0.011.2
United Arab Emirates< 0.010.55
United States0.040.26
Germany0.260.25
Ireland0.010.21

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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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