Automotive still the UK’s biggest goods exporter… and can grow further

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Mike Hawes

Mike Hawes

It is an outstanding achievement of the UK automotive industry that as we go through our biggest transformation in a century, we remain the nation’s number one exporter of manufactured products. As reported alongside SMMT’s latest manufacturing figures published this week, fresh trade data analysis shows UK shipments of cars, vans and components now make up 13.9% of all British-built exports in the first half of the year – a significant proportion for a single sector. It means...