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

In 2024, the United Kingdom imported $10 billion of trucks (719 thousand tonnes), 5.3% of the world total. Its main sources were Turkey (29%), France (16%) and Germany (15%). The United Kingdom was the world’s 4th-largest importer of trucks.

Summary

Value
$10billion
Tonnes
719thousand tonnes
Share of world total
5.3%
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 billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Turkey2.9Tonnes: 174,571USD per tonne: $16,82929.5%Sea
France1.6Tonnes: 114,365USD per tonne: $13,86715.9%Sea
Germany1.5Tonnes: 89,697USD per tonne: $16,65915%Sea
Spain1Tonnes: 76,579USD per tonne: $13,46410.3%Sea
Poland0.54Tonnes: 70,645USD per tonne: $7,6575.4%Sea
Italy0.45Tonnes: 33,614USD per tonne: $13,3644.5%Sea
South Africa0.32Tonnes: 35,199USD per tonne: $9,0913.2%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.31Tonnes: 22,960USD per tonne: $13,6443.1%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.22Tonnes: 17,580USD per tonne: $12,7412.3%Sea
Thailand0.2Tonnes: 17,368USD per tonne: $11,5352%Sea
Romania0.17Tonnes: 8,765USD per tonne: $19,6491.7%Sea
Austria0.16Tonnes: 8,039USD per tonne: $19,7451.6%Sea
Sweden0.15Tonnes: 9,326USD per tonne: $16,0061.5%Sea
China0.13Tonnes: 14,186USD per tonne: $9,5121.4%Sea
Japan0.07Tonnes: 8,602USD per tonne: $7,9750.69%Sea
Ireland0.06Tonnes: 7,280USD per tonne: $7,7840.57%Land
United States0.05Tonnes: 2,246USD per tonne: $20,0840.45%Sea
Finland0.02Tonnes: 1,300USD per tonne: $16,8990.22%Sea
Portugal0.01Tonnes: 947USD per tonne: $15,4420.15%Sea
Norway0.01Tonnes: 698USD per tonne: $11,4700.08%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Turkey has been its main source since 2021

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

  • Turkey 2.9
  • France 1.6
  • Germany 1.5
  • Spain 1
  • Poland 0.54

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Turkey< 0.012.9
France0.211.6
Germany0.741.5
Spain0.121
Poland00.54

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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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