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Scottish Manufactured Exports for third quarter 2007
09/01/2008
Scotland's Chief Statistician today announced the release of the Scottish Manufactured Exports Estimates for the Third Quarter of 2007. This quarterly publication measures growth, in real terms, of overseas exports by manufacturing companies located in Scotland.
The main findings are:
- Scottish manufactured export sales decreased by 5.1 per cent in real terms in 2007 Q3 (seasonally adjusted) and grew by 4.3 per cent over the year to 2007 Q3
- Over the quarter, the main industry contributing to the decrease in manufactured export sales was engineering which fell by 15.7 per cent over the latest quarter following particularly high growth in the previous quarter. Industries also experiencing decline over the latest quarter were: chemicals & refined petroleum (-8.9 per cent); food & tobacco (-13.0 per cent); and textiles, fur & leather (-1.2 per cent). Industries showing growth in real terms were: drinks (+20.9 per cent); wood, paper, publishing & printing (+6.1 per cent); other manufacturing (+2.6 per cent); and metals & metal products (+1.4 per cent)
- Over the year, engineering and drink were the main industries contributing to the growth in manufactured export sales with annual growths of 6.5 per cent and 9.6 per cent respectively. Metals & metal products (+10.4 per cent) and wood, paper, publishing & printing (+11.0 per cent) also showed strong growth over the year. The main industry showing a decline in manufactured export sales in real terms over the year was chemicals, with an annual decline of 7.5 per cent. Food & tobacco (-17.1 per cent), textiles, fur & leather (-5.3 per cent), other manufacturing (-5.1 per cent) and electrical & instrument engineering (-0.1 per cent) also fell over the year
Official statistics are produced by professionally independent statistical staff.