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Trade between Austria and the United Kingdom

In 2024, Austria exported $5.5 billion to the United Kingdom and imported $2.4 billion. Austria ran a surplus of $3.1 billion with the United Kingdom, compared with a surplus of $2 billion in 2019. The United Kingdom was Austria’s 12th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Austria was the United Kingdom’s 30th (0.7%).

Summary

Austria → United Kingdom
$5.5billion
United Kingdom → Austria
$2.4billion
Austria’s balance
$3.1billion

Balance

Austria’s trade balance with the United Kingdom

Trade between Austria and the United Kingdom grew 2.3-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). Austria’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 5.5
  • Imports 2.4
  • Balance +3.1

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$1.5 billion$1.9 billion-$410 million
1996$1.9 billion$2 billion-$163 million
1997$2.3 billion$2 billion$358 million
1998$2.5 billion$2.1 billion$408 million
1999$2.5 billion$2.1 billion$430 million
2000$2.5 billion$2 billion$520 million
2001$3.1 billion$1.9 billion$1.2 billion
2002$3.8 billion$2 billion$1.8 billion
2003$4.5 billion$2.1 billion$2.4 billion
2004$4.4 billion$2.2 billion$2.2 billion
2005$4.2 billion$2.4 billion$1.9 billion
2006$4.8 billion$2.6 billion$2.1 billion
2007$5.4 billion$3.2 billion$2.3 billion
2008$4.6 billion$2.9 billion$1.7 billion
2009$3.8 billion$2.2 billion$1.7 billion
2010$4.1 billion$2.2 billion$1.8 billion
2011$5.3 billion$2.6 billion$2.6 billion
2012$4.2 billion$2.5 billion$1.6 billion
2013$4.5 billion$2.6 billion$2 billion
2014$5.2 billion$2.7 billion$2.5 billion
2015$4.7 billion$2.6 billion$2.1 billion
2016$4.4 billion$2.8 billion$1.6 billion
2017$4.5 billion$2.7 billion$1.8 billion
2018$5.1 billion$3 billion$2.1 billion
2019$5 billion$3 billion$2 billion
2020$4.6 billion$2.3 billion$2.2 billion
2021$5 billion$3.2 billion$1.8 billion
2022$5.6 billion$3.7 billion$1.9 billion
2023$6.4 billion$3.2 billion$3.2 billion
2024$5.5 billion$2.4 billion$3.1 billion

What they sell each other

What Austria sells to the United Kingdom

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Gold$496 million · 9.1%
    7 tonnes · Austria’s destinations
  2. Cars$442 million · 8.1%
    16 thousand tonnes · Austria’s destinations
  3. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$162 million · 3%
    6 thousand tonnes · Austria’s destinations
  4. Trucks$159 million · 2.9%
    8 thousand tonnes · Austria’s destinations
  5. Vaccines, blood and antisera$138 million · 2.5%
    129 tonnes · Austria’s destinations
  6. Vehicle lights and signals$134 million · 2.5%
    3 thousand tonnes
  7. Coated paper$132 million · 2.4%
    99 thousand tonnes
  8. Discs and storage media$128 million · 2.4%
    1 thousand tonnes
  9. Engine parts$116 million · 2.1%
    6 thousand tonnes
  10. Aircraft parts$102 million · 1.9%
    535 tonnes

What the United Kingdom sells to Austria

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Cars$401 million · 16.8%
    15 thousand tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  2. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$180 million · 7.5%
    866 tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  3. Bulldozers and excavators$87 million · 3.6%
    9 thousand tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  4. Engine parts$65 million · 2.7%
    5 thousand tonnes
  5. Auto parts$65 million · 2.7%
    6 thousand tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  6. Lamps and light fittings$62 million · 2.6%
    2 thousand tonnes
  7. Aluminum sheet$57 million · 2.4%
    17 thousand tonnes
  8. Spirits$48 million · 2%
    3 thousand tonnes
  9. Vaccines, blood and antisera$39 million · 1.6%
    195 tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  10. Printing and writing inks$39 million · 1.6%
    2 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Koper (Slovenia) to Felixstowe.

The estimated sea route between Koper (Slovenia) and Felixstowe is 3,067 nautical miles (5,680 km) long: ≈ 7–9 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Strait of Gibraltar and Strait of Dover.

Austria is landlocked: it ships through Koper (Slovenia).

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$4.8 billion · 61.5%
  2. Air$3 billion · 38.5%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

The United Kingdom was Austria’s 12th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Austria was the United Kingdom’s 30th (0.7%).

The United Kingdom in Austria’s trade
2%
The United Kingdom’s rank among Austria’s partners
12th
Austria in the United Kingdom’s trade
0.7%
Austria’s rank among the United Kingdom’s partners
30th

Compare with

Other partners of Austria

Other partners of the United Kingdom

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.