Scots Exporters Shrug Off Loss of Key Us Markets As Total Rises 7 Per Cent

The Scotsman › January 29, 2008

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EXPORTS from Scotland showed healthy growth between 2005 and 2006, rising by more than 7 per cent to top GBP 20.6 billion. The rise came despite the loss of a third of exports to the US, Scotland's largest overseas market.

The Scottish Government's "Global Connections" survey, published yesterday, showed the overall rise was driven by a GBP 700 million surge in the export value of the service sector, and a GBP 600m rise in manufactured exports.

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Scots Exporters Shrug Off Loss of Key Us Markets As Total Rises 7 Per Cent

Food and drink lead the way at GBP 3.7bn of the total, followed b...

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