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Latest UK Regional Trade Estimates
UK Regional Trade in Goods estimates are released today, for the first quarter of 2009.
Exports
The total value of UK exports for the 12 months ending March 2009 was £243,018m, an increase of £17,174m (7.6 per cent) compared to the 12 months ending March 2008.
During the same period the total value of exports for England rose by 7.2 per cent to £176,322m. Exports from Wales rose by 16.2 per cent to £10,624m, exports from Scotland rose by 3.5 per cent to £14,243m, and exports from Northern Ireland rose by 8.0 per cent to £6,038m.
Within England, the South East had the largest total value of exports of £40,049m for the 12 months ending March 2009. The North East had the smallest total value of exports of £10,800m.
The largest regional percentage change for this period was for the South East region which increased by 15.7 per cent to £40,049m. The West Midlands region had the smallest change, a decrease in exports of 1.1 per cent to £15,669m.
The number of exporters in the UK for Quarter 1 2009 compared with the same quarter last year, decreased by 0.4 per cent to 49,126. Northern Ireland had the largest percentage change in the number of exporters, an increase of 3.5 per cent to 1,403. London had the largest decrease of 2.5 per cent to 8,366.
Imports
The total value of UK imports for the 12 months ending March 2009 was £333,052m, an increase of £14,922m (4.7 per cent) compared to the 12 months ending March 2008.
During the same period the total value of imports for England rose by 2.6 per cent to £268,120m. Imports to Wales rose by 14.9 per cent to £7,735m, imports to Scotland rose by 8.9 per cent to £10,578m and imports to Northern Ireland rose by 14.6 per cent to £5,689m.
Within England, the South East has the largest total value of imports of £69,527m. The smallest total value for imports is in the North East of £8,706m.
The largest regional percentage change for this period was for the North West region which increased by 13.4 per cent to £25,468m. The smallest change was for the East region which saw an increase of 0.1 per cent in imports to £43,997m.
The number of importers in the UK for Quarter 1 2009 compared with the same quarter last year, decreased by 6.9 per cent to 70,068. West Midlands had the largest percentage decrease of 9.7 per cent to 6,440. There were no regions or countries where the number of importers increased.