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Supply chains and manufacturing: China and United Kingdom

First country

Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 21.6 billion of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to United Kingdom and bought USD 5.74 billion from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel grew 51 percent, from USD 18.1 billion in 2019 to USD 27.4 billion in 2025.

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: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 11.3Low 11.3 / High 21.652025: 21.65

201911.3
202012.86
202117.38
202217.94
202318.29
202418.24
202521.65

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: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 6.79Low 5.74 / High 8.292025: 5.74

20196.79
20206.57
20218.29
20227.47
20237.4
20247.31
20255.74

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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