Imports

The UK imports things such as

• Crude petroleum
• Cars
• Refined petroleum
• Packaged medicament
• Computers

What the UK imports

Import Destination

Exports

The UK is one of the worlds biggest exporters.

The export things such as:

• Medicament
• Petroleum
• Motor Vehicles
• Engines and motors
• Aircraft and associated equipment
• spacecraft and associated equipment 
• Telecommunication equipment
• Organo-Inorganic compounds, hetero cyclic compounds
• Lab equipment (instrument and apparatus)
• Alcoholic beverages
• Pearls, precious, semi precious stones.
• Internal combustion equipment

What the UK Exports

Destination of UK Exports

Quiz

Explain why most of the UK's exports are to America and Europe

Why are the UK's car exporting overseas increasing?

Why does the UK import so much from China?

Why does the UK keep importing petroleum if it a non renewable resource?

Answers

• Britain has exported more than five million cars so far this decade – its best ever performance.
• The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said 102,981 cars built in the UK were sold overseas in July, taking the total since the start of 2010 to 5,095,796.
• At this stage of the last decade – a record 10.7million cars were exported in 2000-09 – some 4.95million had been sold to overseas buyers.