Overseas Trade: Greater London
(asked on 8th February 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of international trade on (a) Romford constituency and (b) the outer London boroughs.
Whilst trade data is not published at the constituency level, it is available for the outer London boroughs at the International Territorial Level (ITL) 3. The Romford constituency (along with three other constituencies) sits within the Barking & Dagenham and Havering ITL3 area. This area exported £3.2bn goods and services in 2019 ranking 59th out of all 168 GB ITL3 areas and imported £1.9bn, ranking 93rd.
The outer London boroughs exported £37.7bn goods and services in 2019, this was 5.5% of total UK exports. In the same year, the outer London boroughs imported £44.1bn goods and services, 6.2% of total UK imports.
UK exports (goods and services) outer London boroughs 2019, £ million
ITL3 area name | Value |
Bexley and Greenwich | 775 |
Barking & Dagenham and Havering | 3,243 |
Redbridge and Waltham Forest | 558 |
Enfield | 1,707 |
Bromley | 667 |
Croydon | 995 |
Merton, Kingston upon Thames and Sutton | 2,624 |
Barnet | 1,142 |
Brent | 2,670 |
Ealing | 3,383 |
Harrow and Hillingdon | 7,176 |
Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames | 12,747 |
Total outer London boroughs | 37,687 |
UK imports (goods and services) outer London boroughs 2019, £ million
ITL3 area name | Value |
Bexley and Greenwich | 888 |
Barking & Dagenham and Havering | 1,855 |
Redbridge and Waltham Forest | 897 |
Enfield | 1,384 |
Bromley | 1,285 |
Croydon | 1,040 |
Merton, Kingston upon Thames and Sutton | 5,306 |
Barnet | 1,096 |
Brent | 3,099 |
Ealing | 2,884 |
Harrow and Hillingdon | 12,077 |
Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames | 12,290 |
Total outer London boroughs | 44,101 |