LOCATION

London Gatwick Airport

LGW

34th

IMPORT VALUE RANK 2018

£600M

IMPORT VALUE 2018

30th

EXPORT VALUE RANK 2018

£410M

EXPORT VALUE 2018

INDICATIVE PRICE

~ £1.75-3.00 per pallet

Gatwick is the UK's second-largest international airport and the second-busiest by total passenger traffic (after Heathrow). The airport is the 9th busiest airport in Europe and the 37th busiest airport in the world by total passenger traffic.

Not as much cargo is imported through Gatwick as you might think. The data science team at Stowga report that it is only the 42nd busiest hub in the UK in terms of volume of imports and 32nd for exports. However, due to the infrastructure there and the proximity to London (30 miles), there are still are large amount of warehouse specialists and logistics firms to be found nearby. Within a couple of miles there are several 3PLs with warehouse space availabe for short and long term rentals, and who can provide value add services and other supply chain solutions. There is also some BRC accredited warehouses for food and drink and one MHRA accredited site for medical goods.

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TOP 10 IMPORTED COMMODITIES BY VALUE 2018

Rank Description Total
1 Aircraft and associated equipment; spacecraft (including satellites) and spacecraft launch vehicles; parts thereof more info £420M
2 Measuring, checking, analysing and controlling instruments and apparatus, n.e.s. more info £55M
3 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 £13M
4 Parts and accessories (other than covers, carrying cases and the like) suitable for use solely or principally with machines falling withing groups 751 and 752 more info £13M
5 Monitors and projectors, not incorporating television reception apparatus; reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus more info £11M
6 Vegetables, fresh, chilled, frozen or simply preserved (including dried leguminous vegetables); roots, tubers and other edible vegetable products, n.e.s., fresh or dried more info £11M
7 Jewellery, goldsmiths' and silversmiths' wares, and other articles of precious or semiprecious materials, n.e.s. more info £11M
8 Telecommunications equipment, n.e.s., and parts, n.e.s., and accessories of apparatus falling within division 76 more info £7.4M
9 Fruit and nuts (not including oil nuts), fresh or dried more info £5.8M
10 Fish, fresh (live or dead), chilled or frozen more info £4.8M

TOP 10 EXPORTED COMMODITIES BY VALUE 2018

Rank Description Total
1 Aircraft and associated equipment; spacecraft (including satellites) and spacecraft launch vehicles; parts thereof more info £82M
2 Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques more info £18M
3 Measuring, checking, analysing and controlling instruments and apparatus, n.e.s. more info £15M
4 Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings more info £14M
5 Pearls and precious or semiprecious stones, unworked or worked more info £14M
6 Medicaments (including veterinary medicaments) more info £10M
7 Telecommunications equipment, n.e.s., and parts, n.e.s., and accessories of apparatus falling within division 76 more info £9.6M
8 Electrical machinery and apparatus, n.e.s. more info £9.5M
9 Optical goods, n.e.s. more info £8.8M
10 Jewellery, goldsmiths' and silversmiths' wares, and other articles of precious or semiprecious materials, n.e.s. more info £6.3M