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Nuclear and space: United Kingdom and United States

First country

Second country

In 2025, United Kingdom sold USD 83.1 million of nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft to United States and bought USD 60.7 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTrade in nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft runs both ways in similar amounts: United Kingdom sold USD 83.1 million and United States sold USD 60.7 million in 2025.
  • BothTwo-way trade in nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft grew about 5.4 times, from USD 26.9 million in 2019 to USD 144 million 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

United Kingdom's exports to United States: nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft

USD million · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by United Kingdom

2019: 8.9Low 8.8 / High 83.12025: 83.1

20198.9
20209.1
20218.8
202215.8
202316.6
202415.9
202583.1

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

United Kingdom's imports from United States: nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft

USD million · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by United Kingdom

2019: 18Low 15.8 / High 93.32025: 60.7

201918
202015.8
202116.4
202293.3
202323.3
202454
202560.7

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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