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Published by The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body
Scotland's exports 2018
Author: Andrew Aiton, Kayleigh Finnigan, Laura Gilman, Miranda Jackson and Jennifer Bruce
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Published: Monday 14 Sep 2020 (SB 20-60)
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Executive Summary
What is the Exports Statistics Scotland publication?
How important are exports to the Scottish economy?
How much are exports worth?
What does Scotland export?
What do Scotland's overall exports look like?
What services does Scotland export?
What manufactured goods does Scotland export?
Where does Scotland export to?
Overall where does Scotland Export to?
Scotland's international exports
Scotland's exports to the EU
Which exports go where?
Overall which exports go where?
Where do Scotland's services exports go?
Where do Scotland's manufacturing exports go?
Scottish Government exports strategy
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Image: Five key points from the exports statistics
Image: Five key points on where Scotland's exports go
Image: Five key points on services exports
Image: Five key points on manufacturing exports
Image: The value of Scotland's exports is equivalent to around half of Scottish GDP
Image: Total exports from Scotland increased by £35.8 billion between 2002 and 2018
Image: Services made up the majority of total exports from Scotland in 2018
Image: Services saw the largest increase between 2002 and 2018, increasing by £21.8 billion
Image: Financial and insurance exports were the most valuable of the service sector in 2018
Image: Financial and Insurance services saw the largest increase in total exports value between 2002 and 2018
Image: Food and Drink exports were the most valuable of the manufacturing sector in 2018
Image: Electronic products exports fell by £4 billion,or 60%, between 2002 and 2018
Image: Exports to the rest of the UK increased by £22.5 billion between 2002 and 2018
Image: 52% of international exports went to non-EU countries in 2018
Image: The EU was the largest international export region for Scotland in 2018
Image: France was the largest export destination in the EU for Scotland in 2018
Image: Since 2005 exports to the EU have increased by £7.1 billion
Image: Manufacturing is the only broad sector which exports more to international markets than to the rest of the UK
Image: Education is the only services sector which exports more internationally than to the rest of the UK
Image: The Spirits sub-sector has the highest proportion of exports going to non-EU destination
Image: Exports to Priority 1 markets make up 69% of total exports
Image: Exports to France have seen the biggest increase of the Priority 1 nations.
Image: Exports to Singapore have seen the biggest increase of the Priority 2 nations.
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