China accounts for largest proportion of UK imports of goods in Q2: ONS

LONDON, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- For the first time on record, Britain imported more goods from China than from any other country in the second quarter (Q2) of 2020, Britain's Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said.

Britain imported goods worth 11 billion pounds (about 14.8 billion U.S. dollars) from China and the proportion of its imports received from China increased from 8.6 percent in the first quarter (Q1) to 13.4 percent in Q2 2020, said the ONS.