Foreign trade — United Kingdom

Dehesa Index brings together 96 “Foreign trade” series for United Kingdom, with official data and its history (since Jan 1996, latest Aug 2026). Each value is shown as the source publishes it, not converted or recalculated.

In brief

In their latest reading, 6 of the 15 series rose, 9 fell against the previous observation. The largest rise is “UK egg exports: shell eggs (million dozen)” (+62.1 %, Aug 2026); the largest fall, “UK condensed milk: exports (tonnes)” (−52.3 %, Jul 2026). Against the same period a year earlier (15 comparable series), “UK egg exports: shell eggs (million dozen)” rose most (+25.6 %) and “UK butter: exports (tonnes)” fell most (−41.3 %).

Computed from the series in the table; each keeps its own frequency and unit.

SeriesLatestPeriodChangeUnit
UK egg exports: egg products (million dozen)1.23Aug 2026+41.2 %million dozen
UK egg exports: shell eggs (million dozen)1.68Aug 2026+62.1 %million dozen
UK egg exports: total (million dozen)2.92Aug 2026+52.6 %million dozen
UK egg imports: egg products (million dozen)8.68Aug 2026−6.07 %million dozen
UK egg imports: shell eggs (million dozen)2.64Aug 2026−34.2 %million dozen
UK egg imports: total (million dozen)11.3Aug 2026−14.6 %million dozen
UK butter: exports (tonnes)2,634Jul 2026−51.4 %t
UK butter: imports (tonnes)3,600Jul 2026−30.0 %t
UK butter: supplies (tonnes)15,849Jul 2026−5.56 %t
UK cheese: exports (tonnes)19,491Jul 2026−4.97 %t
UK cheese: imports (tonnes)44,200Jul 2026+6.45 %t
UK cheese: supplies (tonnes)65,905Jul 2026+3.03 %t
UK condensed milk: exports (tonnes)3,114Jul 2026−52.3 %t
UK condensed milk: imports (tonnes)4,269Jul 2026−8.67 %t
UK condensed milk: supplies (tonnes)12,253Jul 2026+27.0 %t

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Source: Defra (UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) · Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 (commercial use allowed; cite source) · Data updated: 2026-11-03

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