AN OFFICIAL STATISTICS PUBLICATION FOR SCOTLAND
SCOTLAND'S GLOBAL CONNECTIONS SURVEY 2009
21st January 2011
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Introduction
This Statistics Bulletin presents the main results of Scotland's Global Connections Survey [1] for 2009. Please note that the Rest of UK exports estimates have been updated since the publication on the 13th December 2010. These now include data from Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics (DUKES) 2009, published by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) on 23rd December 2010, which were not available at the time of publication.
This is the only export survey covering all sectors of the Scottish economy. Figures are not adjusted for inflation. Companies provided financial and sales information relating to 2009. International exports are shown by industry and destination and comparisons are made with the value of Scottish exports from 2005 onwards. Rest of UK exports and total exports (combining International and Rest of UK) are presented in Annexes A and B.
Key points
· Scottish international exports in 2009 (excluding oil and gas) are provisionally estimated at £21.1billion, of which £13.2 billion is attributable to manufacturing sector companies. This represents an increase in overall exports £535 million since 2008, primarily due to a rise in the service sector exports of £710 million and a combined rise in exports from the agriculture, forestry & fishing sector and the mining, quarrying & extraction of petroleum sector of £310 million. Whereas the manufacturing sector exports declined by -£450 million.
· The top 5 exporting industries in 2009 are food & beverages (£3.6 billion), chemicals (including refined petroleum products) (£2.7 billion), business services (£2.7 billion), electrical and instrument engineering (£2.0 billion) and the mechanical engineering sector (£1.5 billion) . Together these industries accounted for well over half of total exports from Scotland.
· The USA continues to be Scotland's top export destination with an estimated £3.3 billion of exports in 2009, an increase of £350 million since 2008. Exports to Netherlands decreased by -£350 million in 2009, estimated to be worth £2 billion making it Scotland's second top export destination.
· An estimated £9.6 billion of all Scottish exports are destined for the EU. Within the EU, the Netherlands is the largest market, followed by France (£1.6 billion exports in 2009).
· The top five export markets (USA, Netherlands, France, Germany and Belgium) accounted for £9.0 billion of exports (43% of all exports) from Scotland.
· Rest of UK exports in 2009 (excluding oil and gas) are provisionally estimated at £45.2 billion, of which £25.8 billion is attributable to service sector companies and £12.7 billion is attributable to manufacturing sector companies. The increase in overall rest of UK exports of £2.4 billion since 2008, is due to a rise in a rise of £1.5 billion in the electricity, gas & water supply sector also the rise in the manufacturing sector rest of UK exports of £990 million, and a combined rise in exports from the agriculture, forestry & fishing sector and the mining, and quarrying & extraction of petroleum sector of £580 million. The service sector exports declined by -£290 million and construction also declined by -£385 million.
· The combined value of international and rest of UK exports in 2009 (excluding oil and gas) are provisionally estimated at £66.4 billion, of which £32.5 billion is attributable to service sector companies and of which £25.9 billion is attributable to manufacturing sector companies. The increase in total exports of £2.9 billion since 2008, is due to a rise in exports of £1.5 billion from the electricity, gas & water supply sector and a combined rise from the agriculture, forestry & fishing sector and the mining, and quarrying & extraction of petroleum sector of £895 million and a rise in the manufacturing sector rest of UK exports of £540 million and the service sector exports rose by £425 million. The construction sector declined by -£425 million.
[1]The Global Connections Survey was carried out by the Scottish Government with support from Scottish Development International. Results are based on data received from around 2,300 companies, supplemented with previous years and partial information obtained from other sources.