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Side-by-side trade trajectories, 1995–2024. Values in nominal USD millions. Share the URL to share the view.

China United Kingdom

Exports & imports, shared scale

Small multiples share one value scale, so panel heights are directly comparable.

China$3.59T $2.16TUnited Kingdom$403.6B $723.4B

— exports— imports

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All compared measures per country and year.
CountryYearExports ($M)Imports ($M)Balance ($M)Export share (%)Export HHI
China1995$228,749 M$134,538 M$94,212 M4.52%0.150
China1996$242,635 M$139,588 M$103,048 M4.52%0.147
China1997$279,480 M$139,860 M$139,619 M4.99%0.142
China1998$280,185 M$133,892 M$146,293 M5.05%0.138
China1999$312,788 M$150,668 M$162,120 M5.44%0.141
China2000$391,367 M$204,669 M$186,698 M6.02%0.128
China2001$405,592 M$221,334 M$184,258 M6.43%0.122
China2002$487,646 M$269,679 M$217,968 M7.37%0.123
China2003$612,089 M$366,646 M$245,442 M7.99%0.111
China2004$793,412 M$478,770 M$314,642 M8.59%0.102
China2005$980,306 M$557,674 M$422,632 M9.35%0.097
China2006$1,202,226 M$660,630 M$541,596 M9.95%0.089
China2007$1,483,409 M$853,232 M$630,178 M10.61%0.078
China2008$1,715,147 M$979,387 M$735,761 M10.63%0.068
China2009$1,460,035 M$856,470 M$603,565 M11.72%0.071
China2010$1,881,617 M$1,148,822 M$732,795 M12.52%0.069
China2011$2,174,543 M$1,447,376 M$727,167 M12.12%0.064
China2012$2,282,020 M$1,460,518 M$821,501 M12.65%0.067
China2013$2,328,297 M$1,572,736 M$755,561 M12.78%0.066
China2014$2,451,460 M$1,585,327 M$866,133 M13.36%0.065
China2015$2,401,490 M$1,317,008 M$1,084,482 M14.97%0.067
China2016$2,309,437 M$1,279,564 M$1,029,872 M14.75%0.066
China2017$2,553,746 M$1,536,524 M$1,017,222 M14.55%0.065
China2018$2,757,184 M$1,743,843 M$1,013,341 M14.45%0.065
China2019$2,692,770 M$1,713,681 M$979,089 M14.54%0.054
China2020$2,678,120 M$1,682,142 M$995,978 M15.63%0.053
China2021$3,317,355 M$2,171,040 M$1,146,315 M15.49%0.051
China2022$3,628,086 M$2,267,335 M$1,360,750 M15.04%0.046
China2023$3,418,939 M$2,190,068 M$1,228,871 M15.13%0.040
China2024$3,590,798 M$2,160,710 M$1,430,089 M15.73%0.039
United Kingdom1995$230,401 M$263,854 M−$33,454 M4.55%0.056
United Kingdom1996$250,407 M$289,203 M−$38,796 M4.67%0.054
United Kingdom1997$262,018 M$306,994 M−$44,977 M4.68%0.054
United Kingdom1998$257,581 M$318,669 M−$61,088 M4.64%0.058
United Kingdom1999$259,665 M$324,073 M−$64,408 M4.52%0.062
United Kingdom2000$275,826 M$362,355 M−$86,529 M4.24%0.060
United Kingdom2001$266,066 M$349,208 M−$83,142 M4.22%0.062
United Kingdom2002$266,439 M$367,652 M−$101,213 M4.03%0.062
United Kingdom2003$286,921 M$417,275 M−$130,354 M3.75%0.060
United Kingdom2004$329,370 M$484,944 M−$155,574 M3.57%0.059
United Kingdom2005$356,815 M$513,965 M−$157,150 M3.40%0.060
United Kingdom2006$384,632 M$582,662 M−$198,030 M3.18%0.059
United Kingdom2007$427,594 M$643,438 M−$215,844 M3.06%0.056
United Kingdom2008$457,180 M$670,962 M−$213,782 M2.83%0.055
United Kingdom2009$343,363 M$490,837 M−$147,474 M2.76%0.055
United Kingdom2010$383,758 M$579,302 M−$195,544 M2.55%0.053
United Kingdom2011$441,816 M$670,873 M−$229,057 M2.46%0.052
United Kingdom2012$438,398 M$636,909 M−$198,511 M2.43%0.049
United Kingdom2013$442,467 M$645,382 M−$202,914 M2.43%0.047
United Kingdom2014$465,063 M$682,633 M−$217,571 M2.53%0.048
United Kingdom2015$382,697 M$629,925 M−$247,229 M2.38%0.051
United Kingdom2016$374,271 M$627,330 M−$253,059 M2.39%0.051
United Kingdom2017$399,238 M$630,564 M−$231,326 M2.28%0.048
United Kingdom2018$438,839 M$665,080 M−$226,241 M2.30%0.050
United Kingdom2019$422,071 M$648,505 M−$226,434 M2.28%0.052
United Kingdom2020$363,265 M$610,635 M−$247,370 M2.12%0.051
United Kingdom2021$406,500 M$678,020 M−$271,520 M1.90%0.054
United Kingdom2022$450,144 M$763,412 M−$313,267 M1.87%0.054
United Kingdom2023$428,567 M$742,558 M−$313,991 M1.90%0.054
United Kingdom2024$403,610 M$723,404 M−$319,795 M1.77%0.057
60 rows

USD millions, nominal · 1995–2024 · Source: CEPII BACI (HS92)

World export rank

Rank 1 sits at the top.

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World export rank per year for the compared countries.
YearChinaUnited Kingdom
1995#6#5
1996#6#5
1997#5#6
1998#5#6
1999#4#6
2000#4#6
2001#4#6
2002#3#6
2003#3#7
2004#3#7
2005#1#7
2006#1#7
2007#1#7
2008#1#9
2009#1#9
2010#1#10
2011#1#10
2012#1#11
2013#1#11
2014#1#11
2015#1#11
2016#1#10
2017#1#10
2018#1#12
2019#1#12
2020#1#11
2021#1#14
2022#1#14
2023#1#13
2024#1#14
30 rows

world export rank · 1995–2024 · Source: CEPII BACI (HS92)

Latest year side by side

Each row is one measure; dots are positioned on that row's own scale.

Exports

CHN $3.59TGBR $403.6B

Imports

CHN $2.16TGBR $723.4B

Trade balance

CHN $1.43TGBR −$319.8B

World export share

CHN 15.7%GBR 1.8%

Export partner HHI

CHN 0.039GBR 0.057

2024 · USD millions, percent, HHI 0–1 · Source: CEPII BACI (HS92)

Source: CEPII BACI (HS92), goods trade only, nominal USD. Generated 2026-06-08.