Value of art and antiques exported from the UK 2008-2024, by EU and non-EU trade

In 2024, the value of works of art, collectors' pieces, and antiques exported from the United Kingdom experienced an annual decline. That year, exports to non-EU countries amounted to roughly 2.6 billion British pounds. Meanwhile, the value of exports to the European Union reached almost 1.2 billion British pounds in 2024. 

As of January 1, 2021, the United Kingdom officially left the European Union. The sharp increase in the EU exports' value recorded in 2021 might be because HMRC changed its way of measuring exports to the EU after Brexit, specifying that figures reported from 2021 onwards cannot be compared with data previously released. As the United Kingdom is no longer part of the EU single market, all UK exports to the EU must be strictly recorded.