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Illinois and the United Kingdom
Trade and Investment Highlights
Illinois' economic relationship with the United Kingdom is already strong. The United
Kingdom is a major export market for Illinois' goods and services, which support tens of
thousands of U.S. jobs, and U.K.-based firms are among the leading foreign investors
in Illinois.
Illinois Goods Exports to the
UK, 2016
Illinois Services Exports to the
UK, 2015
$1.6 billion
$3.2 billion
Jobs Supported by Illinois Exports
to the UK, 2015
Estimated Number of UK
Subsidiaries in Illinois
31,200
491
IL: Goods Exports to the UK ($ billion)
IL: Services Exports to the UK ($ billion)
$2.3
$2.0
$2.0
$1.6
$1.5 $1.6
$1.7 $1.6
$2.4
$2.6
$2.8
$2.9
$2.8
$3.1
$3.2
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Growth since 2009: -19%
Growth since 2009: 32%
The United Kingdom was Illinois' 4th largest export market
in 2015.
Illinois and the United Kingdom Trade and Investment Highlights
IL: Goods Exports to the UK
IL: Services Exports to the UK
1. Basic Chemicals
$139 million
1. Mgmt. & Consulting Services
$455 million
2. Aerospace Products & Parts
$138 million
2. Mgmt. & Advisory Services
$444 million
3. Misc. General Purpose Machinery
$106 million
3. Travel
$362 million
4. Motor Vehicle Parts
$98 million
4. Passenger Fares
$271 million
5. Misc. Fabricated Metal Products
$96 million
5. Air Freight & Port Services
$267 million
UK subsidiaries in Illinois employed
59,300 workers in 2014.
UK-Affiliated Companies Located in Illinois
Aon Group Inc. (HQ)
Insurance services
EVRAZ North America (HQ)
Steel manufacturer
Grant Thornton LLP (HQ)
Accounting services
Meco, Inc.
Fabricated metal components
manufacturer
Renishaw Inc. (HQ)
Measurement systems manufacturer
Tate & Lyle
Food ingredients manufacturer
Sources:
 Goods, Jobs, and Services estimates prepared by The Trade Partnership and derived from U.S. government and
private industry data.
 Estimate of number of UK subsidiaries derived from Uniworld BP, Directory of Foreign Investment in the United States.
 Estimate of employment by UK subsidiaries from Bureau of Economic Analysis, Foreign Direct Investment in the
United States database. ´
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