Overall trade value figures (2015)
UK trade value with US
UK<>USA
Exports
Imports
Top-5 UK Export
£
Top-5 UK Import
£
Medicaments for therapeutic or
prophylactic uses for retail sale
(HS 3004)
4,556,846,999
Parts of turbojets or turbopropellers
(HS 841191)
2,642,347,074
Nucleic acids and their salts;
heterocyclic compounds
(HS 2934)
2,843,429,371
Parts of aeroplanes or helicopters
(HS 880330)
1,029,666,474
New motor cars/vehicles (for the
transport of persons) with internal
combustion reciprocating engines
(HS 87032410)
2,388,698,366
Hand paintings
(HS 9701)
920,642,162
Hand paintings
(HS 9701)
2,315,774,871
Medicaments for therapeutic or
prophylactic uses for retail sale
(HS 3004)
911,791,606
Human vaccines
(HS 300220)
2,185,153,468
Turbojets of a thrust > 25 kN
(HS 841112)
738,366,747
£45,313m
£35,291m
Heathrow trade value with US
What are the top 5 UK exports to USA from Heathrow?
Overall trade value figures (2015)
Exports - 2015
LHR
Share
LHR Rank
Commodity
£m
of all UK
Export
Human vaccines (HS 300220)
2,108.6
96%
1
Medicaments for therapeutic or prophylactic uses for retail
sale (HS 3004)
1,670.3
37%
2
Hand paintings (HS 9701)
1,470.6
64%
3
Parts of aeroplanes or helicopters (HS 880330)
665.1
53%
4
Nucleic acids and their salts; heterocyclic compounds (HS
2934)
587.8
21%
5
UK<>USA
Exports
Imports
£45,313m
£35,291m
Heathrow<>USA
Exports
Imports
£13,893m
£14,023m
31% of UK
40% of UK
What are the top 5 UK imports from USA to Heathrow?
Imports - 2015
LHR
Share
LHR Rank
Commodity
£m
of all UK
Import
1,316.4
50%
1
585.2
64%
2
Hand paintings (HS 9701)
574.8
62%
3
Parts of aeroplanes or helicopters (HS 880330)
473.0
46%
4
Antiques of > 100 years old (HS 9706)
293.1
91%
5
Parts of turbojets or turbopropellers (HS 841191)
Medicaments for therapeutic or prophylactic uses for retail
sale (HS 3004)
Source: UK TradeInfo database (December 2016),
Heathrow analysis
Most valuable UK/USA routes (2015)
City
LHR
STN
EMA
MAN
PIK
Value share
63%
13%
8%
4%
3%
Value of UK trade by port
2015
Import
% share of trade value (of UK trade)
Export
London, Heathrow
64%
35%
40%
0%
7%
6%
2%
17%
14%
EU
Non-EU
Total
Felixstowe
EU
Non-EU
Total
Southampton
EU
Non-EU
Total
(Total Value, US$ 000's)
EU
Total
Non-EU
$33,184,825
$135,261,568
$168,446,393
$235,468
$71,669,819
$71,905,287
$3,111,517
$70,152,767
$73,264,284
$82,501,650
$451,325,372
Total
$256,478,469
$277,348,553
$533,827,022
EU
Non-EU
Total
EU
Non-EU
Total
All UK ports
Import
$4,125,375
$61,615,181
$65,740,556
$104,899
$56,081,912
$56,186,811
$2,232,480
$34,717,749
$36,950,229
$37,164,703
$240,183,850
Total
Southampton
Export
$29,059,450
$73,646,387
$102,705,837
$130,570
$15,587,907
$15,718,476
$879,037
$35,435,018
$36,314,055
$45,336,947
$211,141,521
Non-EU
Felixstowe
40%
30%
32%
0%
16%
13%
4%
16%
14%
2015
Total value of trade by market
London, Heathrow
Total
11%
26%
24%
0%
23%
20%
6%
14%
13%
EU
Calculations for total trade vale
So, in 2015 & using an exchange rate of USD$1:GBP£0.70
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Trade value through Heathrow was £117.9bn versus Felixstowe & Southampton
combined of £101.6bn (£50.3bn & £51.3bn respectively). Excluding EU trade,
Heathrow was £94.7bn versus Felixstowe & Southampton combined of £99.3bn
(£50.2bn & £49.1bn respectively)
Excluding EU trade, Heathrow accounted for 30% of all UK trade value versus
Felixstowe & Southampton combined of 31% (16% each).
NOTE: Data was sourced via the Seabury Trade Database on 4 April 2016. Exchange rate
based on the figures for that time.