United Kingdom (UK) trade balance with European Union 1999-2023

The United Kingdom imports more services and goods from the European Union than exporting them. Although this has been the case since at least 1999, after 2011 the UK-EU trade balance has been more pronounced as the present statistic lays out. When it comes to the UK’s trade with non-EU countries, the picture is decidedly different. Since 2012, the value of UK exports to non-EU countries was higher than the imports, which resulted in a trade surplus. US biggest export market, but EU weighs heavier As of 2023, the UK’s largest export market was outside the European Union. Yet taken as a bloc, the European Union still accounts for a large chunk of the UK’s international trade. Among these, Germany, the Netherlands, and France rank as the main export partners of the UK. UK-EU trade: most important commodities Machinery and transport equipment were the biggest trade commodity exported by the UK to the EU countries in 2020. The value of such exports were roughly 47.7 billion British pounds. In the same year, the UK imported more machinery and transport equipment from the EU than exported them. In total, the UK imported approximately 83.9 billion British pounds worth of such equipment.

英国自1999年起便从欧盟进口的服务和商品数量超过出口量。尽管这一状况已持续多年，但自2011年以来，英欧贸易逆差现象愈发显著，如现有统计数据所示。至于英国与非欧盟国家的贸易，情形则截然不同。自2012年起，英国对非欧盟国家的出口价值一直高于进口，从而形成了贸易顺差。美国成为英国最大的出口市场，然而欧盟的分量更为重要。截至2023年，英国最大的出口市场已位于欧盟之外。然而，作为一个整体，欧盟依然占据英国国际贸易的相当份额。其中，德国、荷兰和法国是英国主要的出口合作伙伴。英欧贸易：最重要的商品在2020年，英国向欧盟国家出口的最大贸易商品为机械设备和运输设备，其出口价值约为477亿英镑。同年，英国从欧盟进口的机械设备和运输设备数量超过了出口量。总计，英国从欧盟进口此类设备的价值约为839亿英镑。