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SCOTTISH manufactured exports in the first quarter of the year increased, despite the pressures of inflation and a faltering global economy, official figures have revealed.
New Scottish Government statistics yesterday showed that export sales of Scottish manufactured goods in the January-March period were up 2.3 per cent from the final quarter of 2007. For the full year to the end of March 2008, sales were up 3.2 per cent.See the full content of this document
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Factory Exports Rise Despite Global Chill
Quarterly figures were boosted by overseas trade in the mechanical engineering sector, whose sales rose 19.3 per cent on the ...
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