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Where does the United Kingdom get its refrigerators and freezers? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the United Kingdom imported $2.2 billion of refrigerators and freezers (287 thousand tonnes), 3.6% of the world total. Its main sources were China (28%), Italy (14%) and Turkey (12%). The United Kingdom was the world’s 4th-largest importer of refrigerators and freezers.

Summary

Value
$2.2billion
Tonnes
287thousand tonnes
Share of world total
3.6%
World rank
4th
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
China604Tonnes: 132,310USD per tonne: $4,56727.7%Sea
Italy298Tonnes: 22,230USD per tonne: $13,42013.7%Sea
Turkey269Tonnes: 50,470USD per tonne: $5,33612.3%Sea
France188Tonnes: 8,625USD per tonne: $21,7988.6%Sea
Germany162Tonnes: 12,246USD per tonne: $13,2637.4%Sea
Poland115Tonnes: 18,574USD per tonne: $6,2085.3%Sea
United States79.8Tonnes: 2,694USD per tonne: $29,6163.7%Air
Romania53.6Tonnes: 10,523USD per tonne: $5,0942.5%Sea
Czechia44Tonnes: 2,414USD per tonne: $18,2352%Sea
Netherlands re-exports41.6Tonnes: 2,607USD per tonne: $15,9681.9%Sea
Japan38.2Tonnes: 1,631USD per tonne: $23,4091.8%Sea
Ireland29.7Tonnes: 4,289USD per tonne: $6,9291.4%Land
Austria25.4Tonnes: 1,627USD per tonne: $15,5951.2%Sea
Spain24Tonnes: 1,074USD per tonne: $22,3471.1%Sea
Belgium re-exports22.4Tonnes: 790USD per tonne: $28,3061%Sea
Sweden22.1Tonnes: 728USD per tonne: $30,4251%Sea
Portugal21.1Tonnes: 2,607USD per tonne: $8,0830.96%Sea
Malaysia18.2Tonnes: 1,468USD per tonne: $12,3760.83%Sea
Denmark16.5Tonnes: 767USD per tonne: $21,4940.75%Sea
South Korea14.9Tonnes: 1,352USD per tonne: $11,0300.68%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

China has been its main source since 2009

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

  • China 604
  • Italy 298
  • Turkey 269
  • France 188
  • Germany 162

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China0.17604
Italy191298
Turkey43.8269
France83.5188
Germany86.9162

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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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