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Who buys the United Kingdom’s steel? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the United Kingdom exported $3 billion of steel (2.2 million tonnes), 0.9% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United States (13%), Ireland (11%) and Sweden (10%). The United Kingdom was the world’s 25th-largest exporter of steel.

Summary

Value
$3billion
Tonnes
2.2million tonnes
Share of world total
0.9%
World rank
25th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States393Tonnes: 177,818USD per tonne: $2,20913.1%Sea
Ireland342Tonnes: 303,915USD per tonne: $1,12511.4%Sea
Sweden304Tonnes: 136,814USD per tonne: $2,22110.2%Sea
Netherlands re-exports279Tonnes: 250,971USD per tonne: $1,1129.3%Sea
France251Tonnes: 178,013USD per tonne: $1,4108.4%Sea
Spain249Tonnes: 231,379USD per tonne: $1,0758.3%Sea
Belgium re-exports169Tonnes: 181,483USD per tonne: $9315.7%Sea
Germany137Tonnes: 104,986USD per tonne: $1,3094.6%Sea
Italy113Tonnes: 43,541USD per tonne: $2,5943.8%Sea
Turkey110Tonnes: 152,230USD per tonne: $7243.7%Sea
Poland58.8Tonnes: 48,913USD per tonne: $1,2012%Sea
Portugal50.5Tonnes: 32,962USD per tonne: $1,5331.7%Sea
Brazil44.9Tonnes: 25,286USD per tonne: $1,7771.5%Sea
Canada43.3Tonnes: 37,515USD per tonne: $1,1531.5%Sea
China40.5Tonnes: 13,774USD per tonne: $2,9391.4%Sea
Czechia33.8Tonnes: 27,810USD per tonne: $1,2141.1%Sea
India33.2Tonnes: 12,244USD per tonne: $2,7151.1%Sea
Norway24.6Tonnes: 10,308USD per tonne: $2,3900.82%Sea
Greece21.8Tonnes: 22,187USD per tonne: $9820.73%Sea
Austria18.1Tonnes: 12,694USD per tonne: $1,4270.61%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States has been its main destination since 2024

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

  • United States 0.39
  • Ireland 0.34
  • Sweden 0.3
  • Netherlands 0.28
  • France 0.25

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.460.39
Ireland0.260.34
Sweden0.650.3
Netherlands0.280.28
France0.440.25

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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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