Trade: Scotland

(asked on 18th October 2021) - View Source

Question to the Scotland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the total value of goods and services traded with Scotland by the rest of the UK; and what proportion that represents of the rest of the UK's exports to all countries including Scotland.


Answered by
Alister Jack Portrait
Alister Jack
Secretary of State for Scotland
This question was answered on 25th October 2021

The latest Scottish Quarterly National Accounts estimate that Scottish imports in 2019 from the rest of the UK had a value of over £66 billion, this compares to over £34 billion of imports from the rest of the world.

The Scottish Quarterly National Accounts do not provide estimates on UK international exports. However, the latest UK National accounts estimates total UK international exports for 2019 with a value of £699.3 billion, as published by the ONS. It is important to note that there are methodological differences and the numbers are not comparable for the avoidance of any confusion; the ONS figures for exports do not include sales to Scotland.

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