🇬🇧 Liverpool trade data: imports and exports
Liverpool handled £28.51 billion of UK trade in the 12 months to Aug 2026: £16.95 billion of imports and £11.56 billion of exports. Imports rose 3% on the previous 12 months.
Public port statistics, Sep 2025 - Aug 2026. Values in pounds sterling.
Liverpool trade by month
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Where Liverpool imports come from
The main origins are United States (23%), Ireland (14%), Norway (9%). 28% of this trade is with the European Union.
| Origin | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 United States | £3.92B | 23% |
| 🇮🇪 Ireland | £2.32B | 14% |
| 🇳🇴 Norway | £1.61B | 9.5% |
| 🇨🇦 Canada | £1.50B | 8.9% |
| 🇪🇸 Spain | £982.7M | 5.8% |
| 🇨🇳 China | £969.9M | 5.7% |
| 🇩🇿 Algeria | £894.8M | 5.3% |
| 🇹🇷 Turkey | £707.8M | 4.2% |
| 🇳🇱 Netherlands | £459.1M | 2.7% |
| 🇧🇷 Brazil | £315.6M | 1.9% |
Goods traded through Liverpool
The largest product groups are crude oil (30%), refined petroleum products (3%), fuel wood and wood waste (2%).
Top imports
- 1Crude oil · HS 2709£4.71B30%
- 2Refined petroleum products · HS 2710£471.6M3%
- 3Fuel wood and wood waste · HS 4401£384.5M2.4%
- 4Bread and baked goods · HS 1905£322.9M2%
- 5Soybeans · HS 1201£322.8M2%
- 6Trucks · HS 8704£295.8M1.9%
- 7Cocoa beans · HS 1801£239.4M1.5%
- 8Coffee · HS 0901£211.8M1.3%
- 9Chocolate · HS 1806£210.9M1.3%
- 10Coated steel sheets · HS 7210£190.8M1.2%
- 11Rapeseed · HS 1205£179.4M1.1%
- 12Fragrance compound · HS 3302£174.7M1.1%
Top exports
- 1Iron and steel scrap · HS 7204£664.6M7%
- 2Cars · HS 8703£424.7M4.5%
- 3Aircraft parts · HS 8807£393.9M4.1%
- 4Chocolate · HS 1806£241.4M2.5%
- 5Bread and baked goods · HS 1905£232.0M2.4%
- 6Diesel engine · HS 8408£220.2M2.3%
- 7Forklift · HS 8427£189.7M2%
- 8Packaged medicines · HS 3004£177.2M1.9%
- 9Crushing machine · HS 8474£166.8M1.8%
- 10Malt extract · HS 1901£161.1M1.7%
- 11Excavator · HS 8429£154.3M1.6%
- 12Vehicle bodies · HS 8707£140.1M1.5%
Who is behind these numbers in Liverpool?
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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Liverpool: questions
How much trade goes through Liverpool?
In the 12 months to Aug 2026: imports £16.95 billion, exports £11.56 billion.
Which countries trade most through Liverpool?
Imports mainly from United States, Ireland, Norway. Exports mainly to United States, Ireland, Canada.
What goods are imported through Liverpool?
By value: Crude oil, Refined petroleum products, Fuel wood and wood waste, Bread and baked goods, Soybeans.
Can I see which companies ship through Liverpool?
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
- Hull trade data
- London Gateway trade data
- Harwich International Port trade data
- London (incl. Tilbury) trade data
- Milford trade data
- Felixstowe trade data
- All United Kingdom ports
- United Kingdom trade data by product
Source: HMRC Overseas Trade Statistics (uktradeinfo.com), port level, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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