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Manufactured exports second quarter 2006
04/10/2006
Scottish manufactured export sales decreased by 0.8 per cent in real terms in 2006 Q2, but grew by 1.3 per cent over the year to 2006 Q2, according to estimates published today.
The main findings are:
- Scottish manufactured export sales decreased by 0.8 per cent in real terms in 2006 Q2 but grew by 1.3 per cent over the year to 2006 Q2
- Over the quarter, the main industry driving the decline in manufactured export sales was electrical and instrument engineering with a quarterly decline of 2.3 per cent, followed by chemicals (-4.3 per cent), and mechanical engineering (-2.9 per cent). The main industries showing growth in real terms were metals (+7.5 per cent), drink (+0.9 per cent) and textiles, fur and leather (+5.3 per cent)
- Over the year, mechanical engineering was the main industry contributing to the growth in manufactured export sales with an annual rise of 16.6 per cent, followed by metals (+20.8 per cent) and drink (+2.9 per cent). The main industry showing a declined in manufactured export sales in real terms over the year was electrical and instrument engineering, with an annual decline of 3.9 per cent. Also contributing to the decline but to a lesser extent, were food and tobacco (-8.9 per cent) and chemicals (-1.2 per cent). All other industries grew over the year
- Excluding the electrical and instrument engineering industry, manufactured exports decreased by 0.1 per cent in 2006 Q2 but increased by 3.9 per cent over the year to 2006 Q2
- Since 2000 Q4 (the last peak), the level of manufactured export sales has fallen by 35.6 per cent in real terms. This represents an average quarterly decline of 2.0 per cent
- The fall in total manufactured exports has been largely driven by the decline in the electrical and instrument engineering sector, which has fallen by 66.4 per cent since 2000 Q4