British Exports to US Suffer Record Slump as Tariffs Take Effect

The UK’s Office for National Statistics said that April witnessed the largest drop in exports to the United States since 1997.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the BAE Systems shipyard in Govan, Glasgow, Scotland, on June 2, 2025. Andy Buchanan/PA Wire

UK exports to the United States suffered a sharp drop of 8.8 percent in April, as the effect of U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs began to take effect, official data revealed on June 12.

After rising for the past four months, British goods exports declined significantly, by 2.7 billion pounds ($3.7 billion) in April 2025, with falls in exports to both the EU and non-EU countries.