Fact sheet: EU-UK vehicle trade

Fact sheet: EU-UK vehicle trade

ACEA — 2023-06-19

Automotive Industry

The UK is the EU’s number one market for vehicle exports. It is also the biggest export market for EU-made battery-electric vehicles.

This fact sheet looks at vehicle trade flows between the EU and the UK, and zooms in on the UK battery-electric car market.

• Over 20% of the 6.3m EU vehicle exports headed to the UK in 2022 (worth €30.6bn).
• More than 1 out of 10 EU-made cars exported to the UK in 2022 (1.1m units) were battery-electric, worth €5.1bn.
• The EU’s share of the UK battery-electric car market increased from 44% in 2019 to 47% in 2022.
• China’s share of the UK battery-electric car market increased from around 2% in 2019 to almost 32% in 2022.
• 62% of all vehicles exported from the UK headed to the European Union in 2022.
• The EU represents nearly 70% of all the UK’s motor vehicle imports in value