PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Exports: Essex (28 November 2017)

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate he has made of the number of businesses in Essex that export overseas, which countries those business export to and the value of those exports.

Asked by:
Priti Patel (Conservative)

Trade statistics at the county level are not available.

Data on a) the number of goods exporters, b) the value of goods exports they generate and c) the destination of these goods exports by NUTS1 UK region, including the East of England (which Essex is part of), are available from HM Customs and Revenue (HMRC)’s website:

• Number of goods exporters and value of goods exports (UK Regional Trade Statistics Release): https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/RTS/Pages/default.aspx

• Value of goods exports and destination of goods exports by UK region (RTS Data): https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/BuildYourOwnTables/Pages/Home.aspx

Data on the value of exports of services by GB NUTS1 region, including the East of England, (covering all services sectors) are available from the ONS at:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/internationaltrade/articles/estimatingthevalueofserviceexportsabroadfromdifferentpartsoftheuk/2011to2015

Data on the destination of exports of services by GB NUTS1 region, including the East of England, (covering all services except travel, transport and financial services) are available from the ONS at:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/internationaltrade/articles/estimatingthevalueofserviceexportsabroadfromdifferentpartsoftheuk/2015

Data on the number of services exporters by GB NUTS1 regions, including the East of England (covering all services sectors) are available from the ONS at:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/businessservices/datasets/annualbusinesssurveyimportersandexportersregionalbreakdown

Notes:

1. The HMRC trade in goods data at the links above are comparable with each other. However, they are not comparable with the ONS data on trade in services due to differences in coverage and methodology between the sources. In addition, the ONS trade in services are not comparable with each other due to differences in coverage and methodology.

Answered by:
Mark Garnier (Conservative)
6 December 2017