U.K. exports to China via London’s Heathrow Airport more than doubled in the year to July, which emphasises the importance of the world’s second-biggest economy in global trade, despite its slowdown.
Over £7 billion worth of British exports traveled to China via Heathrow — the U.K.’s hub airport — between August 2014 and July 2015, according to U.K. Customs data. This represented a 117 percent increase on the previous 12 months, and accounted for over 15 percent of all U.K. exports via Heathrow by value.
Overall, the value of U.K. exports via Heathrow increased 9.7 percent over the 12-month period.