LOCATION
Cardiff (Wales) Airport
CWL
24th
IMPORT VALUE RANK 2018
£1.5B
IMPORT VALUE 2018
63rd
EXPORT VALUE RANK 2018
£7.7M
EXPORT VALUE 2018
~ £1.25-2.50 per pallet
Cardiff Airport (Welsh: Maes Awyr Caerdydd) (IATA: CWL, ICAO: EGFF) is the national Airport for Wales and has been under the ownership of the Welsh Government since March 2013, operating at an arm's length as a commercial business. The Airport serves customers in Cardiff and the rest of South, Mid and West Wales. Passenger numbers at the airport peaked in 2007 with over 2.1 million passengers passing through the airport that year, but had halved to around 1 million in 2012, and stood at around 1.2 million in 2015. The Airport is located in the village of Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan, 12 mi (19 km) west of Cardiff's city centre.
TOP 10 IMPORTED COMMODITIES BY VALUE 2018
| Rank | Description | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engines and motors, non-electric (other than those of groups 712, 713 and 718); parts, n.e.s., of these engines and motors more info | £1.5B |
| 2 | Aircraft and associated equipment; spacecraft (including satellites) and spacecraft launch vehicles; parts thereof more info | £33M |
| 3 | Measuring, checking, analysing and controlling instruments and apparatus, n.e.s. more info | £9.3M |
| 4 | Pumps for liquids, whether or not fitted with a measuring device; liquid elevators; parts for such pumps and liquid elevators more info | £5.9M |
| 5 | Perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (excluding soaps) more info | £3.7M |
| 6 | Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, including pressure-reducing valves and thermostatically controlled valves more info | £2.9M |
| 7 | Other machinery and equipment specialized for particular industries; parts thereof, n.e.s. more info | £1.4M |
| 8 | Manufactures of base metal, n.e.s. more info | £840K |
| 9 | Instruments and appliances, n.e.s., for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes more info | £740K |
| 10 | Heating and cooling equipment and parts thereof, n.e.s. more info | £640K |
TOP 10 EXPORTED COMMODITIES BY VALUE 2018
| Rank | Description | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Instruments and appliances, n.e.s., for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes more info | £1.5M |
| 2 | Electrical machinery and apparatus, n.e.s. more info | £980K |
| 3 | Miscellaneous chemical products, n.e.s. more info | £820K |
| 4 | Aircraft and associated equipment; spacecraft (including satellites) and spacecraft launch vehicles; parts thereof more info | £510K |
| 5 | Measuring, checking, analysing and controlling instruments and apparatus, n.e.s. more info | £480K |
| 6 | Engines and motors, non-electric (other than those of groups 712, 713 and 718); parts, n.e.s., of these engines and motors more info | £340K |
| 7 | Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, including pressure-reducing valves and thermostatically controlled valves more info | £200K |
| 8 | Nails, screws, nuts, bolts, rivets and the like, of iron, steel, copper or aluminium more info | £120K |
| 9 | Power-generating machinery and parts thereof, n.e.s. more info | £120K |
| 10 | Other organic chemicals more info | £110K |
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