# United Kingdom HS 280511 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 280511 exports from United Kingdom: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | United Kingdom |
| HS6 | 280511 |
| Latest exports | $662.2K |
| Active destinations | 30 |
| Three-year growth | -39.4% |
| Destination HHI | 1,204 |
| Weighted share | 62.5% |

## Destination markets

No destination observations are available.

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: Norway at $5.7M / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: Ireland at $153.6 / ton.
- Median reported price: $10.0K / ton.
- Price spread: 57,468.5%.

## Export history

- 2010: $885.3K
- 2011: $1.5M
- 2012: $908.7K
- 2013: $1.5M
- 2014: $998.6K
- 2015: $446.9K
- 2016: $285.6K
- 2017: $978.2K
- 2018: $861.2K
- 2019: $1.4M
- 2020: $424.4K
- 2021: $1.4M
- 2022: $1.7M
- 2023: $427.8K
- 2024: $304.6K

## Methods

Reported exporter totals are combined with destination, price, history, and country-context observations. Growth, concentration, weighted share, volatility, drawdown, and price-position values are calculated indicators rather than additional reported trade.

Missing values are shown as Not reported and are not imputed.

## Complete structured values

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