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🇬🇧 Cardiff Airport trade data: imports and exports

Cardiff Airport handled £1.15 billion of UK trade in the 12 months to Aug 2026: £1.15 billion of imports and £1.2 million of exports. Imports fell 35% on the previous 12 months.

Imports, 12 months
£1.15B
Exports, 12 months
£1.2M
Partner countries
20
Type
Airport
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Public port statistics, Sep 2025 - Aug 2026. Values in pounds sterling.

Cardiff Airport trade by month

£0K£174.6M£349.3MSep 2024Dec 2024Mar 2025Jun 2025Sep 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026Jun 2026

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Where Cardiff Airport imports come from

The main origins are Qatar (19%), China (16%), United States (14%). 8% of this trade is with the European Union.

Share of Cardiff Airport imports by country, Sep 2025 - Aug 2026≥25%10-25%3-10%1-3%<1%
OriginValueShare
🇶🇦 Qatar£216.2M19%
🇨🇳 China£182.0M16%
🇺🇸 United States£159.9M14%
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates£115.5M10%
🇮🇳 India£77.9M6.8%
🇹🇭 Thailand£74.9M6.5%
🇨🇭 Switzerland£54.2M4.7%
🇹🇷 Turkey£51.9M4.5%
🇩🇪 Germany£41.0M3.6%
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia£31.8M2.8%

Goods traded through Cardiff Airport

The largest product groups are gas turbine (98%), perfume (1%), mineral and carbon products (0%).

Top imports

  1. 1Gas turbine · HS 8411£1.13B98%
  2. 2Perfume · HS 3303£8.9M0.8%
  3. 3Mineral and carbon products · HS 6815£3.9M0.3%
  4. 4Trailers · HS 8716£3.4M0.3%
  5. 5Aircraft · HS 8802£772K0.1%
  6. 6Control instruments · HS 9032£271K0%
  7. 7Valve · HS 8481£262K0%
  8. 8Liquid pump · HS 8413£203K0%
  9. 9Temperature and humidity meters · HS 9025£154K0%
  10. 10Pressure and flow meters · HS 9026£106K0%
  11. 11Furniture · HS 9403£97K0%
  12. 12Traffic control equipment · HS 8530£83K0%

Top exports

  1. 1Diagnostic reagent · HS 3822£436K37%
  2. 2Blood product · HS 3002£259K22%
  3. 3Enzyme · HS 3507£216K18%
  4. 4Plastic bottle · HS 3923£204K17%
  5. 5Paperboard boxes and cartons · HS 4819£16K1.4%
  6. 6Paper labels · HS 4821£12K1.1%
  7. 7Polypropylene · HS 3902£12K1%
  8. 8Laboratory glassware · HS 7017£7K0.6%
  9. 9Inorganic acid · HS 2811£5K0.4%
  10. 10Analytical instruments · HS 9027£5K0.4%
  11. 11Storage media · HS 8523£3K0.3%
  12. 12Hormone · HS 2937£3K0.2%
Beyond the public totals

Who is behind these numbers in Cardiff Airport?

Public statistics stop at country totals and the last published year. EximDataX shows the shipment records underneath: the companies, dates, quantities and declared values, updated weekly.

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Cardiff Airport: questions

How much trade goes through Cardiff Airport?

In the 12 months to Aug 2026: imports £1.15 billion, exports £1.2 million.

Which countries trade most through Cardiff Airport?

Imports mainly from Qatar, China, United States. Exports mainly to United States.

What goods are imported through Cardiff Airport?

By value: Gas turbine, Perfume, Mineral and carbon products, Trailers, Aircraft.

Can I see which companies ship through Cardiff Airport?

Port statistics stop at totals. EximDataX has a direct UK customs feed with shipment-level records, updated weekly, including the companies behind them.

More United Kingdom port data

Source: HMRC Overseas Trade Statistics (uktradeinfo.com), port level, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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