# United Kingdom HS 540600 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 540600 exports from United Kingdom: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | United Kingdom |
| HS6 | 540600 |
| Latest exports | $576.4K |
| Active destinations | 47 |
| Three-year growth | -30.2% |
| Destination HHI | 670 |
| Weighted share | 23.8% |

## Destination markets

No destination observations are available.

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: Saudi Arabia at $1.0M / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: United Rep. of Tanzania at $284.0 / ton.
- Median reported price: $30.3K / ton.
- Price spread: 3,300.3%.

## Export history

- 2010: $734.0K
- 2011: $981.6K
- 2012: $2.4M
- 2013: $2.0M
- 2014: $1.3M
- 2015: $2.1M
- 2016: $1.1M
- 2017: $1.6M
- 2018: $1.3M
- 2019: $1.3M
- 2020: $1.4M
- 2021: $699.8K
- 2022: $1.4M
- 2023: $249.9K
- 2024: $238.0K

## 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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