Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule, ngokusho kwemibiko yabezindaba yaseBrithani, ngesikhathi esinzima kakhulu sobhubhane, ukungenisa okuvela eChina kwadlula amanye amazwe okokuqala, futhi iChina yaba ngumthombo omkhulu kakhulu waseBrithani wokungeniswa kwezingeniso.

Kwikota yesibili yalo nyaka, i-1 pound kuwo wonke amakhilogremu angu-7 wezimpahla ezithengiwe e-UK yavela eChina. Izinkampani zaseChina zithengise izimpahla ezingamakhilogremu ayi-11 ezifanele e-UK. Ukuthengiswa kwezindwangu kukhule kakhulu, njengama-masks wezokwelapha asetshenziswa kwi-UK's National Health Service (NHS) kanye namakhompyutha asekhaya emsebenzini okude.

Phambilini, iChina yayivame ukuba ngumlingani wesibili omkhulu wokungenisa ngaphakathi, athunyelwa kwelinye izwe elibiza amakhilogremu acishe abe yizigidi ezingama-45 e-United Kingdom unyaka ngamunye, okuyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-20 ezingaphansi kweBrithani. Kubikwa ukuthi ikota yemishini yemishini ye-elekthronikhi engeniswe yi-UK engxenyeni yokuqala yalo nyaka yavela eChina. Kwikota yesithathu yalo nyaka, ukungenisa impahla kweBrithani kwezingubo zaseChina kwanda ngamakhilogremu ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-1,3.