Energy: Overseas Trade
(asked on 6th February 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the ten largest global markets are for UK energy (a) exports and (b) imports.
In 2016, the ten largest global markets for UK energy (that is volumes traded of: coal, primary oils and oil products, gas, electricity and renewables) were:
Rank | EXPORTS | IMPORTS |
1 | The Netherlands | Norway |
2 | Belgium | The Netherlands |
3 | Germany | Russia |
4 | United States | Qatar |
5 | China | United States |
6 | Irish Republic | Belgium |
7 | France | Nigeria |
8 | South Korea | Algeria |
9 | Spain | Saudi Arabia |
10 | Canada | Sweden |
Data sources:
Data from Digest of UK Energy Statistics and HM Revenue and Customs.