Motor Vehicles: UK Trade with EU
(asked on 7th July 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the value of (1) passenger cars, and (2) motor vehicles, annually (a) produced in the EU, (b) exported from the UK to the rest of the EU, (c) exported from the rest of the EU to the UK, (d) exported from the UK to Germany, and (e) exported from Germany to the UK.
The EU-28 automotive industries generated a combined turnover of around £730bn (€900bn) in 2014. However it is not possible to separate out the passenger car element of this. Source: EuroStat Structural Business Survey (NACE 29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers)
The table below shows the value of exports and imports of motor vehicles, and of these, passenger cars between a) UK and the EU-28 and b) UK and Germany.
The definitions for each category are based on HS commodity codes. The codes used for each category are shown below the table.
Value of trade in passenger cars and motor vehicles, £bn | |||||||
| Motor vehicles |
| Of which passenger cars | ||||
| 2014 |
| 2015 |
| 2014 |
| 2015 |
UK exports to EU | 13.1 |
| 13.9 |
| 9.5 |
| 10.2 |
UK imports from EU | 37.9 |
| 41.8 |
| 25.2 |
| 28.5 |
UK exports to Germany | 2.5 |
| 2.7 |
| 1.5 |
| 1.7 |
UK imports from Germany | 18.6 |
| 19.8 |
| 14.0 |
| 15.3 |
Source: Eurostat Trade Database, converted from €s to £s | |||||||
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Passenger cars = HS 8702 and HS 8703 | |||||||
Motor vehicles = HS 8701, HS 8702, HS 8703, HS 8704, HS 8705, HS 8706, HS 8707, HS 8708 and HS 8709 | |||||||