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Written question asked by Hilary Benn (Labour) on Wednesday, 28 June 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 3 July 2023 (named day). It was answered by Victoria Atkins (Conservative) on Monday, 3 July 2023 on behalf of the Treasury.

UK Trade with EU: Exports

Question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses exported goods to the EU in each of the last five years.

Answer

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is responsible for the collection and publication of data on imports and exports of goods to and from the UK. HMRC releases this information monthly, as a National Statistic called the Overseas Trade in Goods Statistics (OTS), which is available via their dedicated website (www.uktradeinfo.com). From this website it is also possible to access other published statistics and information related to international trade in goods.

Information about the number of businesses who exported goods to the EU in 2021 and 2022 was obtained from customs declarations and is publicly available in the Customs Importer and Exporter Population Report 2022 (see Table 2 ‘Partner by Direction’). Methodology notes about this data can be found here.

Prior to 2021, this information was obtained from the Intrastat survey and is publicly available in the Regional Trade Statistics Accompanying Tables for Q2 2021 (see Tab “CE”, Table 3: count of exporters to EU, 2018 to 2020). The applicable methodology is detailed in the published ‘Notes’ tab.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
191512
Session
2022-23
Transferred
Yes
Subjects
Business Exports UK trade with EU
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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