09 June 2011
UK Regional Trade in Goods estimates are released today, for the first quarter 2011.
Exports
* The total value of UK exports for the 12 months ending March 2011 was £273,081m, an increase of £40,813m (17.6 per cent) compared to the 12 months ending March 2010.
* During the same period the total value of exports for England rose by 16.5 per cent to £196,355m. Exports from Wales rose by 33.8 per cent to £12,598m, exports from Scotland rose by 4.8 per cent to £15,494m, and exports from Northern Ireland rose by 8.7 per cent to £5,472m. However, the value of exports unable to be allocated to a region rose by 25.2 per cent to £43,161m (see note 5). This accounts for 15.8 per cent of the total UK export trade.
* Within England, the South East had the largest total value of exports of £43,255m for the 12 months ending March 2011. The South West had the smallest total value of exports of £11,468m.
* The largest percentage change in the English regions for this period was for the North East region which increased by 29.5 per cent to £12,776m. The North West region had the smallest change, with an increase in exports of 8.0 per cent to £25,410m. All regions within England saw an increase in exports.
* The number of exporters in the UK for Quarter 1 2011, compared with the same quarter last year, increased by 1.4 per cent to 48,168. Northern Ireland had the largest percentage change with a decrease of 4.9 per cent to 1,280. All other regions or countries showed a positive increase in the number of exporters, ranging from 0.3 per cent in the South East to 4.4 per cent in the North East.
Imports
* The total value of UK imports for the 12 months ending March 2011 was £371,062m, an increase of £55,090m (17.4 per cent) compared to the 12 months ending March 2010.
* During the same period the total value of imports for England rose by 16.8 per cent to £295,935m. Imports to Wales rose by 15.0 per cent to £6,843m, imports to Scotland rose by 9.6 per cent to £11,688m and imports to Northern Ireland rose by 10.4 per cent to £5,335m. However, the value of imports unable to be allocated to a region rose by 24.6 per cent to £51,262m (see note 5). This accounts for 13.8 per cent of the total UK import trade.
* Within England, the South East has the largest total value of imports of £77,954m. The smallest total value for imports is in the North East of £10,179m.
* The largest percentage change for the English regions this period was for the North East region which increased by 39.5 per cent to £10,179m. The smallest change was for the North West region which saw an increase of 11.0 per cent in imports to £25,077m. All regions in the UK saw an increase in imports.
* The number of importers in the UK for Quarter 1 2011 compared with the same quarter last year, decreased by 4.6 per cent to 65,233. Northern Ireland had the largest percentage decrease of 12.7 per cent to 1,398. All other regions or countries also showed a decrease in the number of importers, ranging from a decrease of 2.3 per cent in the East of England to a decrease of 6.2 per cent in the North East.
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