News Release issued by
the COI News Distribution Service on 09 September 2010
UK Regional Trade
in Goods estimates are released today, for the second quarter
2010.
Exports
The total value of UK exports for the 12 months ending June 2010
was £242,486m, an increase of £9,278m (4.0 per cent) compared to
the 12 months ending June 2009. During the same period the total
value of exports for England rose by 4.0 per cent to £176,302m.
Exports from Wales fell by 15.6 per cent to £8,666m, exports from
Scotland rose by 5.2 per cent to £14,992m, and exports from
Northern Ireland fell by 14.3 per cent to £4,981m.Within England,
the South East had the largest total value of exports of £40,407m
for the 12 months ending June 2010. The North East had the
smallest total value of exports of £10,639m. The largest
percentage change in the English regions for this period was for
the East Midlands region which decreased by 9.1 per cent to
£14,164m. Yorkshire and the Humber region had the smallest change,
with an increase in exports of 1.9 per cent to £12,801m.The number
of exporters in the UK for Quarter 2 2010 compared with the same
quarter last year, decreased by 1.9 per cent to 49,719. Northern
Ireland had the largest decrease of 7.3 per cent to 1,303. There
were no regions or countries where the number of exporters
increased.
Imports
The total value of UK imports for the 12 months ending June 2010
was £328,341m, an increase of £8,282m (2.6 per cent) compared to
the 12 months ending June 2009. During the same period the total
value of imports for England rose by 2.0 per cent to £263,038m.
Imports to Wales fell by 24.3 per cent to £5,759m, imports to
Scotland rose by 3.7 per cent to £11,075m and imports to Northern
Ireland fell by 11.5 per cent to £4,865m.Within England, the South
East has the largest total value of imports of £72,413m. The
smallest total value for imports is in the North East of £7,965m.
The largest percentage change for the English regions this period
was for the North West region which decreased by 8.3 per cent to
£22,876m. The smallest change was for the West Midlands region
which saw a decrease of 0.3 per cent in imports to £20,478m.The
number of importers in the UK for Quarter 2 2010 compared with the
same quarter last year, decreased by 3.6 per cent to 69,937.
Northern Ireland had the largest percentage decrease of 18.9 per
cent to 1,565. There were no regions or countries where the number
of importers increased.
Fig 1: UK Trade-in-goods exports by region (attached)
Fig 2:
UK Trade-in-goods imports by region (attached)
Notes to Editors
1. HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has today published a set
of new regional trade statistics figures for the second quarter
2010. The 2010 data are provisional, and subject to the normal
updates in overseas trade statistics relating to late receipt and
amendments of trade declarations. In line with the revisions
policy the final regional trade statistics for 2009 are being released.
2. The News Release uses the EU27 country group as from Quarter
one, 2007, including Bulgaria and Romania. A corresponding change
follows for the non-EU country group.
3. Data is taken primarily from Customs systems (for non-EU
trade) and the Intrastat survey. HMRC does not receive information
in respect of goods that move wholly within the UK, nor in
intangibles and services such as banking or tourism. Trade is
mainly allocated to a region by the postcode associated with a
company’s VAT registration.
4. Some adjustments have been necessary in the production of
export statistics by region to ensure manufacturing that takes
place at branch premises is properly allocated to the region where
the branch is situated. However, adjustments are not made to
import statistics and therefore, in some cases, trade has been
allocated to the region where the head office is situated.
5. Regional Trade Statistics (RTS) total values differ slightly
from the UK level Overseas Trade Statistics; RTS includes
estimates made for EU trade below the Intrastat threshold, which
are included in the ‘Unknown region’. The RTS does not include
estimates for non-response or estimates for the missing EU Imports
associated with Missing Trader Intra-Community VAT Fraud (MTIC Fraud).
6. The estimates relating to trade in goods within classification
codes that have changed since the previous year are not assigned
to a region but are included within ‘Unknown region’ for
completeness.
7. Aggregated tables are produced to facilitate time series
analysis; these tables are provided in a separate document
released in conjunction with this News Release.
8. Information on the methodology used for the Regional Trade
Statistics time series can be obtained from the National
Statistics Publication Hub accessed via www.statistics.gov.uk and
also on the trade statistics information website www.uktradeinfo.com.
9. The Regional Trade in Goods figures are in the scope of
National Statistics. National Statistics are produced to high
professional standards set out in the Code of Practice for
Official Statistics. They undergo regular quality assurance
reviews to ensure they meet customer needs. They are produced free
from any political interference.
10. In 2009 a change took place to the Customs administrative
data source used in the compilation of the RTS. More detail on
this can be found at
https://www.uktradeinfo.com/pagecontent/downloads/RTS_EORI_web.pdf
The impact of the change is being monitored and reviewed by
the Trade Statistics Unit.
11. The next release will be published on 9 December 2010. This
will include revised data for 2010 plus a set of new regional
trade statistics figures for the third quarter 2010.
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