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CBI comments on UKTI campaign to encourage more British exports to Asia
The CBI yesterday commented on a campaign by UK Trade & Investment to encourage more UK exports to high growth and emerging Asian markets.
As part of the Government’s campaign, UK Trade & Investment is working with RBS to deliver a series of programmes to demonstrate opportunities across 12 Asian markets.
Elizabeth Fells, CBI Head of International Strategy, said:
“China and India are increasingly important to the UK, but we must also focus on other fast-growing Asian economies, such as Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, if we are to truly boost our exports.
“Selling overseas will be vital to the recovery. If we are bolder in our ambitions and with the right conditions created by the Government, exporting new goods and services could add £20 billion to the UK economy by 2020.”
The CBI/Ernst & Young’s recent report on boosting exports can be downloaded here: Winning overseas: boosting business export performance.
Note to Editors:
The CBI is the UK's leading business organisation, speaking for some 240,000 businesses that together employ around a third of the private sector workforce. With offices across the UK as well as representation in Brussels, Washington, Beijing and Delhi, the CBI communicates the British business voice around the world.
