Exports: EU Countries
The question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will publish data on the number of small and medium-sized enterprises that have ceased exporting to the EU following the UK’s withdrawal, broken down by (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland.
Answered by Dan Tomlinson
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is responsible for the collection and publication of data on imports and exports of goods to and from the UK.
However, it does not hold analysis or an estimate of the number of small and medium-sized businesses who have stopped exporting to the EU. Various methodological and data collection constraints prevent this. For example, data collection methods before and after EU exit are different, meaning there is no comparable estimate.
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