Insights for United Kingdom

MoM insights: In April 2026, the UK experienced significant changes in trade values across various dimensions. For imports, Uzbekistan led with a remarkable increase of 1.15 billion GBP, reflecting a month-on-month growth of 1897.21%. Ireland and Turkey followed with increases of 332.1 million GBP and 172.12 million GBP, respectively. Conversely, the largest declines were seen from Switzerland, which dropped by 4.31 billion GBP (-52.34%), the United States with a decrease of 3.16 billion GBP (-33.38%), and Germany, which fell by 1.38 billion GBP (-17.73%). In exports, China topped the list with an increase of 1.58 billion GBP (70.20%), followed by France with 598.05 million GBP (28.05%) and the United Arab Emirates with 188.36 million GBP (45.93%). The largest declines in exports were from the United States, which decreased by 372.33 million GBP (-8.36%), Germany with a drop of 355.05 million GBP (-10.51%), and Switzerland, which fell by 243.97 million GBP (-29.02%).

YoY insights: Year-on-year analysis for April 2026 showed notable trends in trade values. For imports, Switzerland recorded the highest increase of 1.99 billion GBP (102.44%), followed by Canada with 1.5 billion GBP (78.57%) and China with 798.93 million GBP (17.59%). The largest declines were from the United States, which fell by 1.51 billion GBP (-19.31%), Australia with a decrease of 352.77 million GBP (-73.07%), and Uzbekistan, which dropped by 342.54 million GBP (-22.96%). In exports, Hong Kong led with a significant increase of 1.8 billion GBP (241.02%), followed by France with 1.01 billion GBP (59.14%) and the Netherlands with 731.89 million GBP (39.53%). The largest declines in exports were from Switzerland, which fell by 2.15 billion GBP (-78.49%), Azerbaijan with a decrease of 633.46 million GBP (-97.14%), and the United States, which dropped by 195.36 million GBP (-4.54%).