1、UNMARKED ROUTES:BRITAINS PATHWAY TO STRONGER AUTOMOTIVE TRADE20252THE SOCIETY OF MOTOR MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERSCONTENTS03 FOREWORD04 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 06 CHAPTER1:UK AUTOMOTIVE TRADE SNAPSHOT 12 CHAPTER2:TRADE IN ELECTRIFIED VEHICLES16 CHAPTER3:BREXIT-FIVEYEARSON:IMPACTSONUKAUTOMOTIVE TRADE WITH TH
2、E EU AND THE REST OF THE WORLD28 CHAPTER4:UK AUTOMOTIVE AND THE NEW UK TRADE STRATEGY 38 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY40 DATA SOURCES“Inthefirsthalfof2025,UKshipmentsofmotorvehiclesandpartsrepresented12.6%ofallBritishmanufacturedgoodsexported,thesecondmostvaluablecommodityacrossall UKi
3、ndustrialproducts.”3THE SOCIETY OF MOTOR MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERSFOREWORDFiveyearsonfromBrexitaseismicshocktotheUKsglobaltradingrelationshipsofitselfandtheUKautomotiveindustryfacesfurtherglobaltrade,politicalandeconomicchallenges.Tariffshaveupendedtheestablishedorder,competitionisgettingevermorefie
4、rce,theshifttoelectrificationisfarfromsmoothandgeopoliticaltensionsarerising.Throughoutitall,thesectorhasshownremarkableresilience,generating115billionworthoftradein2024andisontracktoremainabovethe110billionthresholdforthethirdyearrunning.Inthefirsthalfof2025,UKshipmentsofmotorvehiclesandpartsrepres
5、ented12.6%ofallBritishmanufacturedgoodsexported,thesecondmostvaluablecommodityacrossallUKindustrialproducts.Theseexportsrangefromhigh-value,state-of-the-artvehiclestoprecision-engineeredcomponentsandemergingmobilitytechnologies,allproducedbygloballyrecognisedandtrustedbrands.Whileoverallvehicleprodu
6、ctionvolumesaredownasthesectorretoolsandrestructuresforanelectricfuture,theUKremainsaforceinglobalautomotivetrade,exportingtoallcornersoftheworld.Weremainopentoimportsandproduceadiverserangeofcars,vans,buses,trucks,taxis,andevenspecialistandoff-roadvehiclesthatareoftenworldrenownandincreasinglyutili