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Pharma and health: China and United Kingdom

First country

Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 412 million of pharmaceutical products to United Kingdom and bought USD 990 million from it.

Constraints

  • BothTwo-way trade in pharmaceutical products is 73 percent below its 2021 peak of USD 5.21 billion.

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

China's exports to United Kingdom: pharmaceutical products

USD billion · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by China

2019: 0.29Low 0.24 / High 3.552025: 0.41

20190.29
20201.06
20213.55
20220.28
20230.24
20240.33
20250.41

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

China's imports from United Kingdom: pharmaceutical products

USD billion · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by China

2019: 1.15Low 0.93 / High 1.652025: 0.99

20191.15
20201.34
20211.65
20221.4
20230.93
20241.02
20250.99

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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