The five highest value goods exporters to the UK accounted for over €2.5 billion, or 17% of UK exports. The top 50 enterprises accounted for approximately half, or €7.3 billion, of the total value of exports to the UK.
There was less concentration on the imports side, the five biggest goods importers accounted for 10% of UK imports and the top 50 accounted for just over a third of imports from the UK.
| X-axis label | % of total exports |
|---|---|
| Top 5 | 17.0544364045883 |
| Top 10 | 25.6951792570792 |
| Top 50 | 49.1414298011211 |
| Top 100 | 61.4825603893397 |
| Top 500 | 85.6764907384767 |
| X-axis label | % of total imports |
|---|---|
| Top 5 | 10.3360831123369 |
| Top 10 | 15.5600826064624 |
| Top 50 | 35.011923337883 |
| Top 100 | 45.6772835569861 |
| Top 500 | 69.9501170386945 |
| Table 9.1 Concentration of value of traders 2016 with the UK | |||||
| Enterprises | Exports | Imports | |||
| €million | % of total | €million | % of total | ||
| Top 5 | 2,533 | 17 | 2,120 | 10 | |
| Top 10 | 3,816 | 26 | 3,192 | 16 | |
| Top 50 | 7,298 | 49 | 7,183 | 35 | |
| Top 100 | 9,131 | 61 | 9,371 | 46 | |
| Top 500 | 12,724 | 86 | 14,351 | 70 | |
| Total | 14,851 | 100 | 20,515 | 100 | |
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