Manufacturing Industries: Exports
(asked on 10th March 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the (a) value and (b) proportion of exports in the manufacturing sector for (i) automotive, (ii) aerospace and (iii) defence products in each quarter of financial years (A) 2015-16 and (B) 2016-17.
The value and proportion of exports in the manufacturing sector for automotive and aerospace products in each quarter since the second quarter of 2015 is given in the table below.
Value (£million) of Manufacturing, Aerospace and Automotive Exports | ||||||
| 2015Q2 | 2015Q3 | 2015Q4 | 2016Q1 | 2016Q2 | 2016Q3 |
Manufacturing | 65,776 | 63,450 | 63,677 | 63,526 | 67,481 | 66,612 |
Automotive | 8,587 | 8,391 | 8,577 | 9,127 | 10,163 | 10,103 |
Aerospace | 6,472 | 6,012 | 6,291 | 6,722 | 7,557 | 7,224 |
As % of total Manufacturing Exports | ||||||
| 2015Q2 | 2015Q3 | 2015Q4 | 2016Q1 | 2016Q2 | 2016Q3 |
Manufacturing | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Automotive | 13% | 13% | 13% | 14% | 15% | 15% |
Aerospace | 10% | 9% | 10% | 11% | 11% | 11% |
Source: Office for National Statistics, UK Trade in Goods by Classification of Product by Activity (CPA 2008)
Quarterly figures are not available for defence & security goods and services. 2016 figures will be published in due course as Official Statistics.