# United Kingdom HS 500600 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 500600 exports from United Kingdom: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | United Kingdom |
| HS6 | 500600 |
| Latest exports | $212.5K |
| Active destinations | 30 |
| Three-year growth | -31.6% |
| Destination HHI | 784 |
| Weighted share | 37.9% |

## Destination markets

- Italy: $36.1K; share 14.4%; growth +251.7%

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: Qatar at $3.5M / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: China at $439.9 / ton.
- Median reported price: $74.8K / ton.
- Price spread: 4,656.7%.

## Export history

- 2010: $192.7K
- 2011: $230.5K
- 2012: $133.5K
- 2013: $116.3K
- 2014: $115.8K
- 2015: $288.0K
- 2016: $147.2K
- 2017: $470.1K
- 2018: $356.3K
- 2019: $495.4K
- 2020: $137.2K
- 2021: $246.2K
- 2022: $263.2K
- 2023: $127.8K
- 2024: $78.9K

## 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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