Scotland's Global Connections Survey 2013

26 Jan 2015 12:37 PM

A National Statistics Publication for Scotland.

The results of Scotland’s Global Connections Survey 2013 were released yesterday by Scotland’s Chief Statistician.

The figures provide an estimate of the cash value of Scotland’s exports of goods and services, by industry and destination. This is the only export survey covering all sectors of the Scottish economy. Companies provided sales and export information relating to 2013. These show:

• Scottish international exports in 2013 (excluding oil and gas) are provisionally estimated at £27.9 billion, an increase of £1.9 billion (7.2%) since 2012.
• £16.8 billion (60.2%) of all International exports are attributable to manufacturing sector companies, an increase of £1.3 billion (8.2%) over the year. £9.2 billion (33.1%) are attributable to the service sector, an increase of £590 million (6.8%) over the year.
• The two largest exporting industries in 2013, as in previous years, were manufacture of food & beverages (£5 billion, 18% of all exports) and manufacture of coke, refined petroleum and chemical products (£3.5 billion, 12.6% of all exports).
• These 2 sectors are followed by legal, accounting, management, architecture, engineering, technical testing and analysis (£1.9 billion), manufacture of machinery and equipment (£1.7 billion) and manufacture of computer, electronic & optical products (£1.6 billion).
• The top five international export markets (USA, Netherlands, Germany, France, and Denmark) accounted for £11.2 billion of international exports (40 per cent of all international exports) from Scotland. Just under half of international exports are destined for countries in the EU (£12.9 billion).
• Total international and rest of UK exports in 2013 (excluding oil and gas) are provisionally estimated at £74.1 billion. Rest of UK exports account for 62% of all exports from Scotland (International and rUK combined).