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Import-dependence profile

United Kingdom

2024 vintage · annual data, 1–2y lag3 critical dependencies across 3 commodities

Every row below is a sourced trade-structure fact: the share of United Kingdom’s imports of a commodity that come from one supplier. “Critical” means ≥20% — the same threshold the scenario pages use. Coverage is the 28 monitored commodities, not all imports; where a supplier share is below the threshold it is shown as context, not exposure.

Platinum

7.3% of world imports · 1 critical supplier

  • 57.5% of United Kingdom’s platinum imports come from South Africa (2.1% of world exports)critical

  • 15.5% of United Kingdom’s platinum imports come from Italy (8.12% of world exports)

  • 1.5% of United Kingdom’s platinum imports come from United States (6.55% of world exports)

Lumber

6% of world imports · 1 critical supplier

  • 34.3% of United Kingdom’s lumber imports come from Sweden (1.51% of world exports)critical

  • 7.1% of United Kingdom’s lumber imports come from Germany (17.36% of world exports)

  • 4.6% of United Kingdom’s lumber imports come from United States (6.55% of world exports)

  • 1.5% of United Kingdom’s lumber imports come from Canada (10.86% of world exports)

Autos

5.72% of world imports · 1 critical supplier

  • 27.48% of United Kingdom’s autos imports come from Germany (17.36% of world exports)critical

  • 9.36% of United Kingdom’s autos imports come from China (9.13% of world exports)

  • 5.42% of United Kingdom’s autos imports come from Japan (12.26% of world exports)

  • 4.22% of United Kingdom’s autos imports come from South Korea (7.31% of world exports)

  • 2.63% of United Kingdom’s autos imports come from Mexico (7.03% of world exports)

Illustrative exposure lens — not a prediction, not financial advice.