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Trade between Slovakia and the United Kingdom

In 2024, Slovakia exported $5.8 billion to the United Kingdom and imported $1.8 billion. Slovakia ran a surplus of $4 billion with the United Kingdom, compared with a surplus of $2.1 billion in 2019. The United Kingdom was Slovakia’s 10th largest trading partner (4% of its trade), and Slovakia was the United Kingdom’s 31st (0.7%).

Summary

Slovakia → United Kingdom
$5.8billion
United Kingdom → Slovakia
$1.8billion
Slovakia’s balance
$4billion

Balance

Slovakia’s trade balance with the United Kingdom

Trade between Slovakia and the United Kingdom grew 26-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 5.8
  • Imports 1.8
  • Balance +4

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$128 million$166 million-$38 million
1996$117 million$195 million-$78 million
1997$168 million$301 million-$133 million
1998$157 million$271 million-$115 million
1999$206 million$254 million-$48 million
2000$250 million$316 million-$65 million
2001$319 million$383 million-$64 million
2002$393 million$443 million-$50 million
2003$488 million$492 million-$4 million
2004$657 million$524 million$133 million
2005$865 million$604 million$261 million
2006$1.6 billion$647 million$937 million
2007$2.3 billion$824 million$1.5 billion
2008$3.4 billion$1 billion$2.4 billion
2009$2.5 billion$1.2 billion$1.4 billion
2010$2.7 billion$1.2 billion$1.6 billion
2011$2.7 billion$967 million$1.8 billion
2012$2.8 billion$835 million$1.9 billion
2013$3.6 billion$870 million$2.7 billion
2014$3.6 billion$906 million$2.7 billion
2015$3.5 billion$861 million$2.6 billion
2016$4 billion$947 million$3 billion
2017$3.8 billion$1 billion$2.8 billion
2018$3.4 billion$1.1 billion$2.3 billion
2019$3.6 billion$1.5 billion$2.1 billion
2020$3.3 billion$1.4 billion$1.9 billion
2021$3.2 billion$1.4 billion$1.9 billion
2022$4.9 billion$1.4 billion$3.4 billion
2023$5.9 billion$1.7 billion$4.2 billion
2024$5.8 billion$1.8 billion$4 billion

What they sell each other

What Slovakia sells to the United Kingdom

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

  1. Cars$3.6 billion · 62.1%
    188 thousand tonnes · Slovakia’s destinations
  2. Monitors and projectors$402 million · 6.9%
    13 thousand tonnes · Slovakia’s destinations
  3. Auto parts$328 million · 5.7%
    21 thousand tonnes · Slovakia’s destinations
  4. Air pumps, compressors and fans$148 million · 2.6%
    6 thousand tonnes
  5. Central heating boilers$104 million · 1.8%
    6 thousand tonnes
  6. New tires$81 million · 1.4%
    14 thousand tonnes · Slovakia’s destinations
  7. Seats and chairs$76 million · 1.3%
    5 thousand tonnes
  8. Cheese$45 million · 0.78%
    4 thousand tonnes · the United Kingdom’s sources
  9. Toilet paper and tissues$41 million · 0.71%
    7 thousand tonnes
  10. Cables and wire$39 million · 0.67%
    2 thousand tonnes · Slovakia’s destinations

What the United Kingdom sells to Slovakia

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

  1. Spark-ignition engines$441 million · 24.4%
    19 thousand tonnes
  2. Auto parts$357 million · 19.7%
    30 thousand tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  3. Diesel engines$140 million · 7.7%
    6 thousand tonnes
  4. Video game consoles and games$64 million · 3.6%
    640 tonnes
  5. Cars$56 million · 3.1%
    2 thousand tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  6. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$37 million · 2%
    269 tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  7. New tires$35 million · 2%
    5 thousand tonnes
  8. Other iron or steel articles$30 million · 1.7%
    10 thousand tonnes
  9. Pet and animal feed$27 million · 1.5%
    4 thousand tonnes
  10. Cocoa beans$27 million · 1.5%
    6 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.

Slovakia 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$7.1 billion · 93.3%
  2. Air$515 million · 6.7%

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

How much each matters to the other

The United Kingdom was Slovakia’s 10th largest trading partner (4% of its trade), and Slovakia was the United Kingdom’s 31st (0.7%).

The United Kingdom in Slovakia’s trade
3.5%
The United Kingdom’s rank among Slovakia’s partners
10th
Slovakia in the United Kingdom’s trade
0.7%
Slovakia’s rank among the United Kingdom’s partners
31st

Compare with

Other partners of Slovakia

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.