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United Kingdom: chips and chip-making tools

How much of United Kingdom's trade in each good crosses the US-China control line.

The lines, the same for both channels: a country is inside the lines when at least 15% of its trade in the good crosses the control line, on a side with at least US$1bn of trade; Medium from 25%, High from 40%.

Chips electronic integrated circuits (HS 8542)

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Share of electronic integrated circuits (HS 8542) exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao, by value

17.6% exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao (of US$1.17bn), 2025

Some of United Kingdom's chip exports goes to China, Hong Kong and Macao, so allied export controls and Chinese substitution can reach this trade.

The other side

  • imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao: 9.0% (of US$2.17bn), 2025

Source: HMRC uktradeinfo Overseas Trade Statistics (OTS OData API) (English). Confidence: high

Chip-making tools machines for making chips, wafers and flat panels, and their parts (HS 8486)

Outside the lines

Share of machines for making chips, wafers and flat panels, and their parts (HS 8486) exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao, by value

16.8% exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao (of US$0.93bn), 2025

Outside the lines: the flow is under the US$1bn floor. 16.8% of United Kingdom's chip-making tool trade on this side is with China, Hong Kong and Macao, but on US$0.93bn of trade, below the US$1bn a side needs to count.

The other side

  • imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao: 6.7% (of US$0.37bn), 2025

Source: HMRC uktradeinfo Overseas Trade Statistics (OTS OData API) (English). Confidence: high

A cell shows a figure only when it rests on an open official source. “Assessment pending open data” means the figure rests on a source we may not publish yet: it carries no number and no band, is hatched on the map and adds no points to the ranking, until an open national figure replaces it. “At least Medium” means only one side of the trade has an open figure: the band is a floor, not the full assessment.

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