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Trade between Denmark and the United Kingdom

In 2024, Denmark exported $6.1 billion to the United Kingdom and imported $2.6 billion. Denmark ran a surplus of $3.5 billion with the United Kingdom, compared with a surplus of $3.7 billion in 2019. The United Kingdom was Denmark’s 8th largest trading partner (4% of its trade), and Denmark was the United Kingdom’s 26th (0.8%).

Summary

Denmark → United Kingdom
$6.1billion
United Kingdom → Denmark
$2.6billion
Denmark’s balance
$3.5billion

Balance

Denmark’s trade balance with the United Kingdom

Trade between Denmark and the United Kingdom grew 34% since 1995

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

  • Exports 6.1
  • Imports 2.6
  • Balance +3.5

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$3.6 billion$2.9 billion$623 million
1996$4.1 billion$3 billion$1.1 billion
1997$3.9 billion$3.3 billion$550 million
1998$4.1 billion$3.5 billion$603 million
1999$4.2 billion$3.6 billion$604 million
2000$4 billion$4.1 billion-$55 million
2001$4.2 billion$3.5 billion$658 million
2002$4.7 billion$4.4 billion$267 million
2003$5.4 billion$4 billion$1.4 billion
2004$6.1 billion$4.1 billion$2 billion
2005$7.5 billion$3.9 billion$3.6 billion
2006$8.8 billion$4.5 billion$4.2 billion
2007$7.4 billion$5.1 billion$2.3 billion
2008$8.1 billion$5.5 billion$2.6 billion
2009$6.3 billion$4.7 billion$1.6 billion
2010$7 billion$4.9 billion$2.1 billion
2011$10.1 billion$5.9 billion$4.2 billion
2012$9.1 billion$5 billion$4.2 billion
2013$8.7 billion$5.2 billion$3.5 billion
2014$7.8 billion$4.7 billion$3.1 billion
2015$5.6 billion$3.8 billion$1.8 billion
2016$6.1 billion$3.5 billion$2.6 billion
2017$7 billion$3.6 billion$3.4 billion
2018$8.7 billion$3.8 billion$5 billion
2019$7.3 billion$3.6 billion$3.7 billion
2020$6.2 billion$3.4 billion$2.8 billion
2021$6.9 billion$2.8 billion$4.1 billion
2022$5.2 billion$3 billion$2.2 billion
2023$5.9 billion$2.8 billion$3.1 billion
2024$6.1 billion$2.6 billion$3.5 billion

What they sell each other

What Denmark sells to the United Kingdom

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

  1. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$615 million · 10.1%
    800 tonnes · Denmark’s destinations
  2. Electricity$459 million · 7.5%
    Denmark’s destinations
  3. Other food preparations$279 million · 4.6%
    57 thousand tonnes
  4. Pork$279 million · 4.6%
    85 thousand tonnes · Denmark’s destinations
  5. Cheese$264 million · 4.3%
    59 thousand tonnes · Denmark’s destinations
  6. Cured and smoked meat$184 million · 3%
    50 thousand tonnes
  7. Refined petroleum$179 million · 2.9%
    277 thousand tonnes · Denmark’s destinations
  8. Fresh fish$157 million · 2.6%
    18 thousand tonnes
  9. Pet and animal feed$137 million · 2.3%
    64 thousand tonnes
  10. Soft drinks$98 million · 1.6%
    60 thousand tonnes

What the United Kingdom sells to Denmark

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

  1. Electricity$125 million · 4.8%
  2. Refined petroleum$119 million · 4.6%
    172 thousand tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  3. Cars$108 million · 4.2%
    6 thousand tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  4. Aircraft parts$68 million · 2.6%
    91 tonnes
  5. Other engines and motors$64 million · 2.5%
    4 thousand tonnes
  6. Crude petroleum$63 million · 2.4%
    145 thousand tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  7. Albumins (whey protein)$60 million · 2.3%
    7 thousand tonnes
  8. Other iron or steel articles$54 million · 2.1%
    14 thousand tonnes
  9. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$53 million · 2.1%
    1 thousand tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  10. Fresh fish$52 million · 2%
    58 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Aarhus to Felixstowe.

The estimated sea route between Aarhus and Felixstowe is 645 nautical miles (1,195 km) long: ≈ 1.5–2 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

It does not cross any major canal or strait.

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$6.4 billion · 74%
  2. Air$2.3 billion · 26%

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

How much each matters to the other

The United Kingdom was Denmark’s 8th largest trading partner (4% of its trade), and Denmark was the United Kingdom’s 26th (0.8%).

The United Kingdom in Denmark’s trade
3.7%
The United Kingdom’s rank among Denmark’s partners
8th
Denmark in the United Kingdom’s trade
0.8%
Denmark’s rank among the United Kingdom’s partners
26th

Compare with

Other partners of Denmark

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.