Summary
- Share of its imports
- 10.8%
- Value imported
- $1.3billion
- Rank among its suppliers
- 1st
- Products where it sells over 50%
- 3
- Products where it sells over 75%
- 3
- Dominated value
- $1.2billion
- Share of total imports
- 9.9%
Trend
Trend in shares
The United Kingdom went from 1.6% to 10.8% of what North Macedonia buys
Share (%)
- United Kingdom 10.8%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Value (USD millions) | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 33 | 1.6% | 16 |
| 1996 | 29 | 1.5% | 16 |
| 1997 | 34 | 1.6% | 16 |
| 1998 | 38 | 1.9% | 16 |
| 1999 | 57 | 3% | 12 |
| 2000 | 41 | 2% | 13 |
| 2001 | 33 | 2% | 16 |
| 2002 | 35 | 1.9% | 15 |
| 2003 | 37 | 1.7% | 16 |
| 2004 | 44 | 1.5% | 17 |
| 2005 | 48 | 1.4% | 19 |
| 2006 | 41 | 1% | 22 |
| 2007 | 55 | 0.97% | 25 |
| 2008 | 74 | 1% | 22 |
| 2009 | 66 | 1.3% | 20 |
| 2010 | 291 | 5% | 8 |
| 2011 | 611 | 8.3% | 3 |
| 2012 | 582 | 8.6% | 3 |
| 2013 | 739 | 10.8% | 1 |
| 2014 | 1,048 | 13.7% | 1 |
| 2015 | 703 | 10.4% | 2 |
| 2016 | 734 | 10.3% | 2 |
| 2017 | 788 | 9.8% | 2 |
| 2018 | 871 | 9.3% | 2 |
| 2019 | 1,092 | 11.2% | 1 |
| 2020 | 1,357 | 15.1% | 1 |
| 2021 | 2,021 | 17.3% | 1 |
| 2022 | 2,028 | 15.4% | 1 |
| 2023 | 1,518 | 12.3% | 1 |
| 2024 | 1,324 | 10.8% | 1 |
Products where the United Kingdom sells more than half
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Platinum | United Kingdom | 99.2%over 75% | Belgium · 0.62% | $1 billion |
| Precious metal compounds | United Kingdom | 99.7%over 75% | Germany · 0.27% | $173 million |
| Lithium hydroxide and other metal oxides | United Kingdom | 91.5%over 75% | China · 4.2% | $4 million |
A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.
Are there other suppliers in the world?
- The United Kingdom sells 6.6% of what the world exports of platinum; next come South Africa (37.2%), Russia (8.7%) and Germany (6.8%). The rest of the world exported 41.2 times what North Macedonia buys from the United Kingdom.
- The United Kingdom sells 9.9% of what the world exports of precious metal compounds; next come Japan (24.7%), Germany (18.9%) and United States (14.4%). The rest of the world exported 37.5 times what North Macedonia buys from the United Kingdom.
- The United Kingdom sells 0.79% of what the world exports of lithium hydroxide and other metal oxides; next come China (42.5%), United States (8%) and Chile (7.7%). The rest of the world exported 1,863.3 times what North Macedonia buys from the United Kingdom.
Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.
Seen from the United Kingdom
North Macedonia is the United Kingdom’s 43rd-largest customer, with 0.33% of its exports.
Sources and method
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.
Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.
The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.
Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.
The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.
Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.