Shipped Where
Imported from United Kingdom, 2025
$64.8 billion
Share of all US imports
1.9%
Rank among sources
#15 of 218
Arrived by air
52%

The United Kingdom is the 15th largest source of US imports: $64.8 billion in 2025.

That is 1.9% of everything the US imported. The top product line is cars, followed by jet engines and gas turbines, medicines and aircraft parts. Down from seventh in 2015.

What the US buys from the United Kingdom

Top products by value, 2025. Gray line is 2015 for comparison.

  1. 01Cars$6.9B · 10.6%
  2. 02Jet engines and gas turbines$4.1B · 6.3%
  3. 03Medicines$3.0B · 4.6%
  4. 04Aircraft parts$2.4B · 3.7%
  5. 05Blood products, antibodies and vaccines$2.1B · 3.2%
  6. 06Gasoline & refined fuels$1.7B · 2.6%
  7. 07Precious metal articles$1.5B · 2.4%
  8. 08Uranium & isotopes$1.4B · 2.1%
All 22 products from the United Kingdom
  1. 09Crude oil$1.3B · 2.1%
  2. 10Spirits and liqueurs$1.3B · 1.9%
  3. 11Fine art$1.1B · 1.7%
  4. 12Forklifts$997M · 1.5%
  5. 13Compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines$881M · 1.4%
  6. 14Diagnostic or lab reagents on a backing$768M · 1.2%
  7. 15Pickups & trucks$692M · 1.1%
  8. 16Medical instruments$575M · 0.9%
  9. 17Electrical control panels$570M · 0.9%
  10. 18Seats and chairs$471M · 0.7%
  11. 19Lab analysis instruments$471M · 0.7%
  12. 20Valves and taps$462M · 0.7%
  13. 21Filters and centrifuges$449M · 0.7%
  14. 22Coin$431M · 0.7%

Excludes US goods returned after export and other special trade codes.

The United Kingdom's rank among US import sources

Where the United Kingdom placed each year, by value of goods the US imported

  1. 2010: sixth
  2. 2011: falls to seventh
  3. 2020: falls to 12th
  4. 2025: falls to 15th

Where it lands

US ports of entry for goods from the United Kingdom, 2025. Letters match the list.

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52% of goods from the United Kingdom arrived by air. JFK Airport, NY handled 11% on its own.

  1. AJFK Airport, NY $6.9B · 10.7%
  2. BNewark, NJ $5.4B · 8.3%
  3. CNew Orleans, LA $4.1B · 6.3%
  4. DBaltimore, MD $4.0B · 6.2%
  5. EChicago, IL $4.0B · 6.2%
  6. FAtlanta, GA $3.3B · 5.1%

Air cargo is recorded where it clears customs, which isn't always where the plane landed.

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