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UK and Slovenia

What moves each way, the scams to watch for, and what to check before you trade.

UK sells, 2025
$292.9m
-1.2% a year
UK buys, 2025
$1.3bn
+13.0% a year
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Trade safely with Slovenia

The scams, documents and rules that matter on this corridor. Written and reviewed by our team, and dated.

Checks that apply to any deal on this corridor

Corridor-specific scam patterns and rules are still being reviewed by our team and will appear here once published.

  • Confirm the company exists in an official register and that its name matches the one on the invoice.
  • Before paying into a new or changed bank account, phone the company on a number you already hold, not one from the invoice or email.
  • Test the container number, ship number, ports and dates on the bill of lading with the Document checker.
  • Be wary of paying in advance for goods you have not seen, or of fees demanded to release a shipment.
  • Ask the carrier directly to confirm the shipment exists and where it is.
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In short

In 2025, the UK sold Slovenia about $292.9 million of goods. The biggest products were medicaments, turbo-jets, turbo-propellers and ethyl alcohol, undenatured, which together make up 25% of the total. The total has fallen by about 1.2% a year since 2022. Among the leading products, petroleum oils and oils from bituminous… is growing fastest, at about 121% a year.

In 2025, the UK bought about $1.3 billion of goods from Slovenia. The biggest products were medicaments, motor cars and other motor vehicles and monitors and projectors, which together make up 30% of the total. The total has grown by about 13% a year since 2022. Among the leading products, human blood, animal blood for therapeutic is growing fastest, at about 56% a year.

Trade by year

Total trade each year, as reported in the tables below. A missing bar means no report for that year, not zero trade.

UK sells to Slovenia UK buys from Slovenia
$0 $1bn $2bn 2022 $303.4m $889.4m 2023 $296.5m $977.4m 2024 $291.3m $1.2bn 2025 $292.9m $1.3bn
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Year UK sells to Slovenia UK buys from Slovenia
2022 $303.4m $889.4m
2023 $296.5m $977.4m
2024 $291.3m $1.2bn
2025 $292.9m $1.3bn

What UK sells to Slovenia

Ranked by value in 2025, by 4-digit product code. Growth is the yearly rate since 2022.

Product Value Share Growth
Medicaments ((not goods of heading no. 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therape… Product code 3004 · Pharmaceuticals $40.7m 13.9% +49.1% a year
Turbo-jets, turbo-propellers and other gas turbines Product code 8411 · Machinery $23.6m 8.1% -3.2% a year
Ethyl alcohol, undenatured (of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80% volume, spirits, liqueurs and… Product code 2208 · Beverages and spirits $10.1m 3.4% +0.8% a year
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Biggest product groups: Machinery (25%), Pharmaceuticals (15%), Electrical equipment (7%), Miscellaneous chemicals (4%), Beverages and spirits (4%) .

What UK buys from Slovenia

Ranked by value in 2025, by 4-digit product code. Growth is the yearly rate since 2022.

Two ways of counting these imports. UN Comtrade, which usually counts the country where goods were made, gives $1.3bn for 2025. HM Revenue & Customs, which counts the country the goods were shipped from, gives $938.6m. Goods made in one country often travel through another before they reach the UK, so the two can differ without either being wrong. The table below uses the Comtrade figure.
Product Value Share Growth
Medicaments ((not goods of heading no. 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therape… Product code 3004 · Pharmaceuticals $216.4m 16.9% +47.3% a year
Motor cars and other motor vehicles (principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of he… Product code 8703 · Vehicles $104.8m 8.2% +23.5% a year
Monitors and projectors, not incorporating television reception apparatus (reception apparatus for television,… Product code 8528 · Electrical equipment $68.9m 5.4% +14.5% a year
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Biggest product groups: Electrical equipment (20%), Pharmaceuticals (20%), Vehicles (10%), Machinery (8%), Furniture and bedding (5%) .

Where the opportunities are

Products that are moving on this corridor. Only products of a meaningful size are listed. Treat these as leads to check, not promises: a fast rise can reverse.

Growing fastest: UK sells to Slovenia
Medicaments ((not goods of heading no. 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therape…
$40.7m in 2025 · up about 49% a year · $12.3m in 2022
Growing fastest: UK buys from Slovenia
Hair preparations (for use on the hair)
$22.1m in 2025 · up about 66% a year · $4.9m in 2022
New or much bigger: UK sells to Slovenia
Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude (preparations not listed elsewhere, containing by…
$6.6m in 2025 · was $616k in 2022
Traded both ways: an established route
Medicaments ((not goods of heading no. 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therape… · UK sells $40.7m, buys $216.4m
Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude (preparations not listed elsewhere, containing by… · UK sells $6.6m, buys $6.6m

Room to grow

Products that a market buys a lot of, where this corridor supplies only a small part. Shares are for the latest year both sides reported. A small share can also mean a hard market, so check the rules and the buyer first.

Slovenia buys a lot of these. UK supplies little.
Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom(s) only
Slovenia imported $20.2bn (2024). UK supplied almost none of it. UK exports $1.6bn of this to the world.
UK buys a lot of these. Slovenia supplies little.
Medicaments ((not goods of heading no. 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therape…
Slovenia exports $25.0bn of this to the world (2024). UK bought 0.9% of that from it. UK imports $18.1bn of this from the world.
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How to read these figures

Value is what was traded in the year, in US dollars. A big number means a big market, not necessarily an easy one to enter.

Share is that product's part of the total in the table above. A product with a large share is what this corridor already trades most of.

Growth is the average yearly change since the first year shown. A green figure means trade in that product is rising.

Product code is the international customs code (HS) for the product group. Your customs agent and the guide below will ask for it, and it decides the duty you pay.

These are totals reported by customs authorities, not prices or orders. Use them to see where demand exists, then check the rules and the company you plan to deal with.

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Some figures come from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) overseas trade statistics, with pounds converted to US dollars at the Bank of England's monthly average rate. The rest are what each country reported to the UN (Comtrade), in US dollars. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Imports are usually reported including freight and insurance, exports without, so the two sides of a corridor will not match exactly. Company counts are companies listed on ExporterIQ.