PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Exports (11 November 2020)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of UK exports.
Asked by:
Andrew Griffith (Conservative)
Asked by:
Andrew Griffith (Conservative)
Answer
UK trade was performing strongly before the pandemic, with exports increasing 4.4% to £690.8bn last year and increasing year-on-year since 2016. According to UNCTAD the UK was the only one of the world’s ten largest exporting countries to increase exports in 2019, overtaking France to become the fifth largest exporter. Latest figures show the value of UK exports in the 12 months to September 2020 was £626.8bn, down 7.9% on the same period last year.
Answered by:
Graham Stuart (Conservative)
17 November 2020
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