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

In 2024, the United Kingdom imported $6.2 billion of steel (6 million tonnes), 1.8% of the world total. Its main sources were Germany (11%), Spain (9%) and India (8%). The United Kingdom was the world’s 19th-largest importer of steel.

Summary

Value
$6.2billion
Tonnes
6million tonnes
Share of world total
1.8%
World rank
19th
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
Germany680Tonnes: 619,273USD per tonne: $1,09810.9%Sea
Spain581Tonnes: 566,723USD per tonne: $1,0269.3%Sea
India518Tonnes: 737,064USD per tonne: $7028.3%Sea
Netherlands re-exports503Tonnes: 604,046USD per tonne: $8328.1%Sea
France500Tonnes: 409,378USD per tonne: $1,2218%Sea
Belgium re-exports447Tonnes: 385,357USD per tonne: $1,1607.2%Sea
South Korea337Tonnes: 391,891USD per tonne: $8595.4%Sea
Turkey267Tonnes: 367,528USD per tonne: $7284.3%Sea
Sweden256Tonnes: 139,803USD per tonne: $1,8344.1%Sea
China251Tonnes: 193,405USD per tonne: $1,2964%Sea
Vietnam220Tonnes: 269,290USD per tonne: $8183.5%Sea
Italy218Tonnes: 106,422USD per tonne: $2,0533.5%Sea
Portugal178Tonnes: 256,096USD per tonne: $6942.9%Sea
Austria154Tonnes: 70,999USD per tonne: $2,1702.5%Sea
Finland153Tonnes: 78,497USD per tonne: $1,9462.5%Sea
Taiwan147Tonnes: 114,006USD per tonne: $1,2812.4%Sea
Brazil88.3Tonnes: 120,859USD per tonne: $7311.4%Sea
Japan85.7Tonnes: 90,299USD per tonne: $9491.4%Sea
United States84.5Tonnes: 9,305USD per tonne: $9,0421.4%Sea
Czechia79.2Tonnes: 67,875USD per tonne: $1,1671.3%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Germany has been its main source since 2022

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

  • Germany 0.68
  • Spain 0.58
  • India 0.52
  • Netherlands 0.5
  • France 0.5

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany10.68
Spain0.250.58
India0.020.52
Netherlands0.350.5
France0.550.5

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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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