United Kingdom

Agricultural exports

Agri By-products

Apple juice (excl. of 2009.71), unfermented & not cont. added spirit, wheth … (200979)
Apple juice, of a Brix value not >20, unfermented & not cont. added spirit, … (200971)
Mixtures of juices, unfermented & not cont. added spirit, whether or not co … (200990)
Orange juice, not frozen (excl. of 2009.19), unfermented & not cont. added … (200919)
Orange juice, not frozen, of a Brix value not >20, unfermented & not cont. … (200912)
Other juices (200989)
Protein concs. & textured protein subs. (210610)

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Alcohol & Beverages

Beer made from malt (220300)
Fermented beverages (e.g., cider, perry, mead), n.e.s.; mixts. of fermented … (220600)
Liqueurs & cordials (220870)
Mineral waters (nat./art.) & aerated waters, not cont. added sugar/oth. swe … (220110)
Non-alcoholic beverages other than waters of 2202.10 (not incl. fruit/veg. … (220290)
Rum & tafia (220840)
Sparkling wine of fresh grapes (220410)
Spirits obt. by distilling grape wine/grape marc (220820)
Vodka (220860)
Waters, incl. min. waters & aerated waters, cont. added sugar/oth. sweeteni … (220210)
Whiskies (220830)
Wine other than sparkling wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified; grape must with fermentation prevented/arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containters of >10 l (220429)
Wine other than sparkling wine of fresh grapes, incl. fortified; grape must with fermentation prevented/arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containters of 2 l/less (220421)

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Animal Products

Bellies (streaky) & cuts thereof , of swine, salted/in brine/dried/smoked (021012)
Birds’ eggs, not in shell (excl. yolks), other than dried, whether or not c … (040899)
Carcasses/half-carcasses of bovine animals, fresh/chilled (020110)
Cuts & edible offal of species gallus domesticus, fresh/chilled (020713)
Cuts & edible offal of species Gallus domesticus, frozen (020714)
Cuts & edible offal of turkey, fresh/chilled (020726)
Edible parts of plants, prepd./presvd., whether or not cont. added sugar/ot … (200899)
Hams & cuts thereof (160241)
Hams, shoulders & cuts thereof , fresh/chilled, bone-in (020312)
Meat of bovine animals, fresh/chilled (excl. of 0201.10), bone-in (020120)
Meat of bovine animals, fresh/chilled, boneless (020130)
Meat of bovine animals, frozen, boneless (020230)
Meat of fowls of species Gallus domesticus, not cut in pieces, fresh/chille … (020711)
Meat of fowls of species gallus domesticus, not cut in pieces, frozen (020712)
Meat of sheep (excl. lamb & carcasses), fresh/chilled, bone-in (020422)
Meat of sheep (excl. lamb & carcasses), frozen, bone-in (020442)
Meat of sheep (excl. lamb), fresh/chilled, boneless (020423)
Meat of sheep (excl. lamb), frozen, boneless (020443)
Meat of swine (excl. carcasses/half-carcasses/hams/shoulders & cuts thereof ), fresh/chilled (020319)
Meat of swine (excl. carcasses/half-carcasses/hams/shoulders & cuts thereof ), froxen (020329)
Meat of swine (excl. hams/shoulders & cuts thereof & bellies (streaky) & cu … (021019)
Sausages & sim. prods., of meat/meat offal/blood; food preps. based on thes … (160100)

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Baked Goods & Confectionery

Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits & oth. bakers’ wares n.e.s. in Ch.19, whethe … (190590)
Sugar confectionery other than chewing gum (incl. white chocolate), not con … (170490)
Sugars, incl. invert sugar & oth. sugar & sugar syrup blends cont. in the d … (170290)
Sweet biscuits (190531)

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Cereals

Chemicals (Agri)

CHMCLY PURE GLUCOS AND ITS SYRP WITHOUT OR WITH < 20% BY WGT OF FRACTOS IN DRY STATE (170230)
Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume <80%vol; oth. ... (220890)
Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80% vol. (220710)

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Cocoa Products

Chocolate & oth. food preps. cont. cocoa (excl. of 1803.10-1806.10), in blo … (180620)
Chocolate & oth. food preps. cont. cocoa (excl. of 1806.20-1806.32) (180690)
Chocolate & oth. food preps. cont. cocoa, in blocks/slabs/bars, weighing 2k … (180631)
Chocolate & oth. food preps. cont. cocoa, in blocks/slabs/bars, weighing 2k … (180632)
Cocoa beans, whole/broken, raw/roasted (180100)
Cocoa butter, fat & oil (180400)
Cocoa paste, not defatted (180310)
Cocoa powder, not cont. added sugar/oth. sweetening matter (180500)

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Dairy Products

Butter (040510)
Buttermilk/curdled milk & cream/kephir & oth. fermented/acidified milk & cr … (040390)
Cheese (excl. of 0406.10-0406.40) (040690)
Fresh (unripened/uncured) cheese, incl. whey cheese, & curd (040610)
Grated/powdered cheese, of all kinds (040620)
Ice cream & oth. edible ice, whether or not cont. cocoa (210500)
Milk & cream, concentrated (excl. in powder), sweetened (040299)
Milk & cream, not concentrated/sweetened, fat content by wt. >1% but not >6 … (040120)
MILK ALBUMIN INCLDNG CONCENTRATES OF TWO OR MORE WHEY PROTEINS (350220)
MILK AND CREAM, NT CONCENTRATED NOR CONTAIN ADDED SUGAR/ OTHER SWEETENING MATTER OF A FAT CONTENT, BY WEIGHT, > 10% (040150)
Milk in powder/granules/oth. solid form, fat content by wt. not >1.5% (040210)
Milk in powder/granules/oth. solid form, unsweetened, fat content by wt. >1 … (040221)
Processed cheese, not grated/powdered (040630)
Yogurt (040310)

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Finished Items

Pasta (excl. of 1902.11-1902.20) (190230)
Stuffed pasta, whether or not cooked/othw. prepd. (190220)
Uncooked pasta, not stuffed/othw. prepd., cont. eggs (190211)
Uncooked pasta, not stuffed/othw. prepd., not cont. eggs (190219)
Waffles & wafers (190532)

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Floral Products

Carnations (060312)
CHRYSANTHEMUMS (060314)
Cut flowers & flower buds of a kind suit. for bouquets/ornamental purps., d … (060390)
CUT FLOWERS AND FLOWER BUDS FRESH, DRIED, DYED, BLEACHED, IMPREGNATED OR OTHERWISE PREPARED OF LILIES (LILIUM SPP.) (060315)
ROSES (060311)

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Food Preparations

Fruits & Vegetables

Apples, fresh (080810)
Asparagus, fresh/chilled (070920)
Avocados, fresh/dried (080440)
BANANAS FRSH OR DRIED (080390)
Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns & rhizomes, dormant (060110)
Cabbage lettuce (head lettuce), fresh/chilled (070511)
Cauliflowers & headed broccoli, fresh/chilled (070410)
Cranberries, bilberries & oth. fruits of the genus Vaccinium, fresh (081040)
Cucumbers & gherkins, fresh/chilled (070700)
Dates, fresh/dried (080410)
Dried fruit (excl. of 08.01-08.06 & 0813.10-0813.30) (081340)
Fresh fruit, n.e.s. (081090)
Fruit & nuts, n.e.s., uncooked/cooked by steaming/boiling in water, frozen, … (081190)
Fruits of the genera Capsicum/Pimenta, fresh/chilled (070960)
Garlic, fresh/chilled (070320)
Grapes, dried (080620)
Grapes, fresh (080610)
Guavas, mangoes & mangosteens, fresh/dried (080450)
Kiwifruit, fresh (081050)
Lemons (citrus limon/limonum) & limes (citrus aurantifolia/latifolia), fres … (080550)
Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) (excl. cabbage lettuce) fresh/chilled (070519)
Live plants, n.e.s., incl. their roots; mushroom spawn (060290)
Mandarins, incl. tangerines & satsumas; clementines, wilkings & sim. citrus … (080520)
Melons (excl. watermelons), fresh (080719)
Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus, fresh/chilled (070951)
Olives, presvd./presvd. othw. than by vinegar/acetic acid, not frozen, othe … (200570)
Onions & shallots, fresh/chilled (070310)
Oranges, fresh/dried (080510)
Other – cherries: (080929)
Other cane sugar: (170114)
Peaches, incl. nectarines, fresh (080930)
PEARS- FRESH (080830)
Pineapples, fresh/dried (080430)
Plums & sloes, fresh (080940)
Potatoes other than seed potatoes, fresh/chilled (070190)
Potatoes, prepd./presvd. othw. than by vinegar/acetic acid, frozen, other t … (200410)
Potatoes, prepd./presvd. othw. than by vinegar/acetic acid, not frozen, oth … (200520)
Potatoes, uncooked/cooked by steaming/boiling in water, frozen (071010)
Pumpkins, squash and gourds (cucurbita spp.)- fruits (070993)
Raspberries, blackberries, mulberries & loganberries, fresh (081020)
Raspberries, blackberries, mulberries, loganberries, black/white/red curran … (081120)
Strawberries, fresh (081010)
Sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata), prepd./presvd. othw. than by vinegar … (200580)
Sweet potatoes (071420)
Tomatoes, fresh/chilled (070200)
Tomatoes, prepd./presvd. othw. than by vinegar/acetic acid, other than whol … (200290)
Tomatoes, prepd./presvd. othw. than by vinegar/acetic acid, whole/in pieces … (200210)
Vegetable seeds, of a kind used for sowing (120991)
Vegetables & mixts. of vegetables, presvd./presvd. othw. than by vinegar/ac … (200490)
Vegetables, fruit, nuts & oth. edible parts of plants (excl. cucumbers & gh … (200190)
Vegetables, n.e.s., uncooked/cooked by steaming/boiling in water, frozen (071080)
Watermelons, fresh (080711)

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Legumes

Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.), shelled, prepd./presvd. othw. than by v … (200551)
Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.), shelled/unshelled, fresh/chilled (070820)
Chickpeas (garbanzos), dried, shelled, whether or not skinned/split (071320)
Dried vegetables, n.e.s.; mixts. of dried vegetables, whole/cut/sliced/brok … (071290)
Kidney beans, incl. white pea beans (phaseolus vulgaris), dried, shelled, w … (071333)
Other leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled (070999)
Peas (Pisum sativum), shelled/unshelled, fresh/chilled (070810)

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Marine Products

Crustacean preparations; shrimps and prawns, prepared or preserved, not in airtight containers (160521)
Crustaceans; frozen, shrimps and prawns, excluding cold-water varieties, in shell or not smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (030617)
Fish fillets; frozen, cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) (030471)
Fish preparations; tunas, skipJack and Atlantic bonito (sarda spp.), prepared or preserved, whole or in pieces (but not minced) (160414)
Fish; fresh or chilled, Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho), excluding fillets, livers, roes, and other fish meat of heading 0304 (030214)

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Nuts

Ground-nut, not roasted or otherwise cooked, whether or not shelled or broken-in shelled whether or not broken (120242)
Ground-nuts, prepd./presvd., whether or not cont. added/sugar/oth. sweeteni … (200811)
Mixtures of nuts/dried fruits of ch.8 (081350)
Nuts (excl. ground-nuts), incl. mixts., prepd./presvd., whether or not cont … (200819)
Nuts, n.e.s., fresh/dried, whether or not shelled/peeled (080290)
Walnuts, shelled (080232)

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Other

OTHER (060319)
Other (200599)

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Processed Goods

Crispbread (190510)

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Rice

Husked (brown) rice (100620)

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Employment Opportunities

*Information subject to changes amid the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Recent rules have tightened immigration rules for foreigners to live and work in the UK. Also, UK’s exit from Brexit is expected to have an impact on the economy. However, 17% of the workforce in 2018 was foreign born. And, 45% of workers born in India were in high-skilled jobs (especially as IT and communications specialists).

Indian diaspora: 1.5 million people of Indian origin in the UK, equating to almost 1.8 percent of the population contribute 6% of the country’s GDP

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Aerospace

Electrical machine design engineer, power electronics engineer, aircraft maintenance and related trades, licensed and military certifying engineer/inspector technicians

More than 3,000 aerospace companies operate in the UK, and the aerospace sector has the largest number of SME companies in Europe, providing over 282,000 jobs directly and indirectly.

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Construction

From painters to plumbers, the construction industry needs more skilled workers. Physical scientists in construction related ground engineering; Engineering geologist and hydrogeologist geophysicist

In the next five years, over 230,000 construction jobs are expected to be created. Across the industry, this means many new roles will need to be filled. With skills shortages throughout the industry, there has never been a better time to join British building.

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Energy Services

Electrical engineers in electricity transmission and distribution:
power system engineer, control engineer and protection engineer; Physical scientists in nuclear industry waste management and decommissioning; Technical services manager

As investments increases in the UK energy sector, the future is very bright for jobs in this sector

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Engineering

Engineering professionals in electricity transmission and distribution such as project engineer and proposals engineer;
engineering professionals in aerospace such as aerothermal engineer, stress engineer, chief of engineering, advance tool and fixturing engineer, operations manager, and project/planning engineer; Radioactive waste manager, radiological protection advisor and electronics engineers in the railway industry

There is a shortage in UK for engineers due to lack of engineering graduates. The jobs listed in this year UK’s SOL is given above

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Financial Services

Bio-informatician,Informatician

The UK financial services sector was the seventh largest in the OECD in 2018 by its proportion of national economic output.

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Healthcare Services

Doctors, nurses, radiologists and lab technicians, clinical radiology consultant, emergency medicine consultant, old age psychiatry consultant, emergency medicine, old age psychiatry, paediatrics trainees, emergency medicine trainee, core trainee (psychiatry), neurophysiology, healthcare scientist, nuclear medicine scientist, orthotist and prosthetist

High demand for medical practitioners and nurses, who hold the largest share of migrant workers in the UK

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Hospitality

Executive chef, Head chef, Sous chef, and Specialist chef

One of UK’s thriving sectors, UK’s hospitality sector employs over 3.2 million people

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Information Technology

IT business analysts, architects, and system designers; Systems engineer in visual effects and 2D/3D computer animation for film, television or, video games; Data scientists; Programmers and software development professionals in visual effects and 2D/3D computer animation for film, television, or video games industries and in the electronics system industry; Software developer, shader writer, games designer

The UK technology sector is growing more than two-and-a-half times faster than the overall economy and London has been ranked as the second most connected place for tech in the world behind Silicon Valley in the US.

The digital sector in the UK has seen considerable growth in recent years and contributes substantial value to the economy. The rapid development of fields such as cybersecurity and AI are prime examples of advancements which were previously unforeseeable. There is a huge demand for cyber security professionals.

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Manufacturing

Specialist electronics engineer in automotive manufacturing and design; Design and development engineers in automotive manufacturing and design: Product development engineers and product design engineers

Britain is the birthplace of the industrial revolution – and remains a leading manufacturing nation today, as well as a world leader in hi-tech sectors such as aerospace. There are 2.6 million people directly employed in manufacturing in the UK,

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Media Services

Graphic designers in visual effects and 2D/3D computer animation for the film; Television or video games industries require compositing artist to texture artists; Arts officers, producers, and directors in visual effects and 2D/3D computer animation for the film, television or video games industries; 2D supervisor, 3D supervisor, computer graphics supervisor, technical director and visual effects supervisor.

Orchestral musicians who are leaders, principals, sub-principals or numbered string positions, who meet the standard required by internationally recognised UK orchestras and dancers and choreographers.

The creative industries are growing faster than any other sector in the UK, and offers a lot of exciting opportunities

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Mining

Staff geologist, senior resource geologist, civil engineers in the mining industry and senior mining engineer

There are around 2,000 mines and quarries in the UK which produce a vast range of materials. From the Highlands to Devon, its minerals industry supports tens of thousands of jobs and contributes billions of pounds to the economy. Technological advances, changes in metal and mineral demand and a commitment to the landscapes in which they lie has allowed new mines to flourish and for many new projects to pop up.

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Oil & Gas

Physical scientists, geophysicist, geoscientist,geologist and geochemist; Civil engineers in the oil and gas industries and mechanical engineers in oil and gas industries

UK has some of the world’s largest multinational companies in the oil and gas industry, such as BP, ExxonMobil and Shell, along with many smaller organisations. The industry supports more than 300,000 jobs in the UK, including those throughout the supply chain.

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Teaching

Secondary education teachers in the following subjects: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry

There is a huge demand for secondary education teachers in Britain today. Teachers in maths, physics, science (where an element of physics will be taught), computer science and Mandarin are required.

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Minerals

Aluminium

Production: 194,800 tonnes (2017)

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Barite

Production: 55,000 tonnes (2017)

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Building material

Production: Gravel and Crushed Stone-104,000 tons
Export: Gravel and Crushed Stone-US$ 68 mn

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Cement

Production: Ready mixed concrete – 25,063,000 tons (2017)

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Clay

Production: Clay – 5,543,900 tonnes (2017), Ball Clay – 850,000 tonnes (2017), China Clay – 970,000 tonnes (2017)

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Coal

Production: 3,041,000 tonnes (2017)

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Fluorspar

Production: 11,000 tonnes (2017)

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Gypsum

Production: 1,300,000 tonnes (2017)

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Iron

Production: Iron & Steel – 5,997,000 tonnes (2017)

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Kaolin

Production: 750,230 tons
Export: 215 million tons

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Natural Gas

Production:  39,977,000 tonnes (2017 – offshore and onshore)

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Nickel

Production: 25,781 tonnes (2017)

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Petroleum

Production: 59,824,000 tonnes (2017)

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Potash

Potassium (Polyhalite)
Production: 500,000 tonnes (2017)

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Salt

Production: 4,500,000 tons
Export: US$ 51.2 million

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Sand

Production: Silica Sand – 4,490,367 tonnes (2017)

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Talc

Production: 3,671 tonnes (2017)

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Tin

Production: 255 Tonnes (2017)

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Titanium

Production: 290,000 tonnes (2017)

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