# United Kingdom Import Opportunities

Explore United Kingdom's import opportunities by product, supplier concentration, demand growth, and market size.

- Latest import year: 2024
- Latest imports: $753.4B
- Import CAGR: +3.8%
- Trade openness: 35.3%

## Top Import Opportunities

| Rank | Product | Description | Market size | Demand growth | Suppliers | Concentration |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | HS 710812 | Metals: gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | $72.2B | +15.3% | 52 | 1238 |
| 2 | HS 271121 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: in gaseous state, natural gas | $12.4B | +16.1% | 9 | 9849 |
| 3 | HS 270900 | Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $30.0B | +5.5% | 36 | 2793 |
| 4 | HS 870380 | Vehicles: with only electric motor for propulsion | $14.0B | +40.0% | 44 | 2196 |
| 5 | HS 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $9.4B | +7.5% | 106 | 3855 |
| 6 | HS 847130 | Data processing machines: portable, digital and automatic, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | $6.4B | +1.9% | 127 | 7197 |
| 7 | HS 880240 | Aeroplanes and other aircraft: of an unladen weight exceeding 15,000kg | $8.8B | +7.3% | 42 | 3475 |
| 8 | HS 271019 | Not reported | $20.4B | +8.4% | 104 | 1109 |
| 9 | HS 271111 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, natural gas | $3.6B | +53.5% | 20 | 4661 |
| 10 | HS 841112 | Turbo-jets: of a thrust exceeding 25kN | $6.8B | +8.6% | 50 | 2811 |
| 11 | HS 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $13.7B | +6.9% | 104 | 1081 |
| 12 | HS 841191 | Turbines: parts of turbo-jets and turbo-propellers | $7.8B | +7.0% | 88 | 2155 |
| 13 | HS 880330 | Aircraft and spacecraft: parts of aeroplanes or helicopters n.e.c. in heading no. 8803 | $6.2B | +4.3% | 125 | 2636 |
| 14 | HS 870322 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1000 but not over 1500cc | $9.0B | +4.1% | 61 | 1644 |
| 15 | HS 999999 | Commodities not specified according to kind | $1.9B | +16.4% | 28 | 9315 |
| 16 | HS 870360 | Vehicles: with both spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, capable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power | $5.9B | +36.0% | 37 | 1228 |
| 17 | HS 851762 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $7.4B | +7.4% | 133 | 1422 |
| 18 | HS 710813 | Metals: gold, semi-manufactured | $4.8B | +12.5% | 29 | 2645 |
| 19 | HS 440131 | Wood: for fuel, sawdust and wood waste and scrap, agglomerated in wood pellets | $1.9B | +28.8% | 38 | 5863 |
| 20 | HS 850760 | Electric accumulators: lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $2.8B | +17.3% | 84 | 3672 |
| 21 | HS 870421 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a gvw not exceeding 5 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1 | $6.6B | +7.4% | 44 | 1711 |
| 22 | HS 870323 | Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity exceeding 1500cc but not exceeding 3000cc | $6.1B | -0.3% | 76 | 1965 |
| 23 | HS 271012 | Not reported | $5.4B | +7.0% | 58 | 1838 |
| 24 | HS 382499 | Chemical products, mixtures and preparations: n.e.c. heading 3824 | $2.3B | +30.0% | 90 | 2460 |
| 25 | HS 300439 | Medicaments: containing hormones (but not insulin), adrenal cortex hormones or antibiotics, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $3.0B | +8.7% | 53 | 3150 |
| 26 | HS 950300 | Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys: dolls' carriages: dolls: other toys: reduced-size (scale) models and similar recreational models, working or not: puzzles of all kinds | $2.7B | +3.5% | 120 | 4071 |
| 27 | HS 271600 | Electrical energy | $3.5B | +6.0% | 9 | 2748 |
| 28 | HS 870350 | Vehicles: with both compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel) and electric motor for propulsion, incapable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power | $982.1M | +54.1% | 16 | 7616 |
| 29 | HS 880320 | Aircraft and spacecraft: under-carriages and parts thereof | $2.0B | +11.3% | 91 | 3927 |
| 30 | HS 870340 | Vehicles: with both spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, incapable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power | $5.1B | +33.7% | 39 | 987 |
| 31 | HS 970110 | Paintings, drawings and pastels: executed entirely by hand, other than drawings of heading no. 4906 | $2.5B | +4.4% | 129 | 3309 |
| 32 | HS 300220 | Vaccines: for human medicine | $1.8B | +14.5% | 35 | 3893 |
| 33 | HS 300215 | Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products: immunological products, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale | $5.7B | +3.1% | 49 | 1477 |
| 34 | HS 710691 | Metals: silver, unwrought, (but not powder) | $4.0B | +6.3% | 40 | 1690 |
| 35 | HS 870321 | Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity not exceeding 1000cc | $4.4B | +10.2% | 44 | 1287 |
| 36 | HS 910221 | Wrist-watches: whether or not incorporating a stop-watch facility, with automatic winding | $919.2M | +11.8% | 66 | 8739 |
| 37 | HS 330210 | Odoriferous substances and mixtures: of a kind used in the food or drink industries | $1.1B | +8.7% | 70 | 6310 |
| 38 | HS 220421 | Wine: still, in containers holding 2 litres or less | $2.8B | +2.4% | 79 | 2071 |
| 39 | HS 870332 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity exceeding 1500cc but not exceeding 2500cc | $3.0B | +1.3% | 47 | 1607 |
| 40 | HS 950450 | Games: video game consoles and machines, other than those of subheading 9504.30 | $1.1B | +6.5% | 72 | 6552 |
| 41 | HS 020130 | Meat: of bovine animals, boneless cuts, fresh or chilled | $1.2B | +5.2% | 33 | 5841 |
| 42 | HS 760612 | Aluminium: plates, sheets and strip, thickness exceeding 0.2mm, alloys, rectangular (including square) | $1.7B | +3.5% | 57 | 3424 |
| 43 | HS 160232 | Meat preparations: of the poultry of heading no. 0105, (i.e. of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus) | $1.9B | +9.1% | 39 | 2149 |
| 44 | HS 850440 | Electrical static converters | $2.7B | +5.7% | 128 | 1223 |
| 45 | HS 854370 | Electrical machines and apparatus: having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter, n.e.c. in heading no. 8543 | $1.6B | +4.4% | 122 | 2948 |
| 46 | HS 870840 | Vehicles: parts, gear boxes | $1.6B | +2.7% | 70 | 3104 |
| 47 | HS 200410 | Vegetable preparations: potatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen | $1.3B | +7.5% | 39 | 4450 |
| 48 | HS 901890 | Medical, surgical or dental instruments and appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 9018 | $2.6B | +6.2% | 121 | 1152 |
| 49 | HS 711019 | Metals: platinum, semi-manufactured | $1.1B | +15.9% | 33 | 2896 |
| 50 | HS 847150 | Digital processing units: other than those of subheadings 8471.41 or 8471.49, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units or output units | $4.2B | +1.4% | 99 | 1357 |

## Supply Gaps

Products with higher supplier concentration may deserve closer continuity and sourcing review. This is a screening signal, not a recommendation by itself.

## Method

Reported trade observations and calculated indicators are shown separately. Validate suppliers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, and continuity before acting.

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-30). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

This page presents derived Yugalinks views of reported observations and calculated indicators.