Statistics on UK trade with China

This short note provides some key statistics on the UK’s trade with China.

In 2019:

• UK exports to China were worth £30.7 billion; imports from China were £49.0 billion, resulting in a trade deficit of -£18.3 billion.
• The UK had a small surplus with China on trade in services, outweighed by a deficit on trade in goods.
• China accounted for 4.4% of UK exports and 6.8% of all UK imports.
• China was the UK’s sixth largest export market and fourth largest source of imports. UK trade with increased rapidly since the turn of the century – in 1999 China was the UK’s 26th largest export market and 15th largest source of imports.