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Scottish Manufactured Export Estimates For the Third Quarter of 2004
12/01/2005
Scottish manufactured export sales fell by 0.7 per cent in real terms in 2004 Q3 and decreased by 5.8 per cent over the year to 2004 Q3, according to estimates published today by the Scottish Executive.
Year / Quarter | Index (2001=100) |
1995 | 74.8 |
1996 | 78.1 |
1997 | 91.7 |
1998 | 101.2 |
1999 | 107.8 |
2000 | 109.5 |
2001 | 100.0 |
2002 | 86.9 |
2003 | 78.5 |
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Seasonally Adjusted | |
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2000 Q1 | 103.3 |
2000 Q2 | 109.4 |
2000 Q3 | 111.5 |
2000 Q4 | 113.9 |
2001 Q1 | 106.1 |
2001 Q2 | 101.7 |
2001 Q3 | 98.6 |
2001 Q4 | 93.6 |
2002 Q1 | 86.8 |
2002 Q2 | 88.2 |
2002 Q3 | 86.2 |
2002 Q4 | 86.3 |
2003 Q1 | 82.8 |
2003 Q2 | 78.0 |
2003 Q3 | 76.3 |
2003 Q4 | 76.8 |
2004 Q1 | 76.4 |
2004 Q2 | 76.1 |
2004 Q3 | |
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% Growth, latest Q on previous Q | -0.7% |
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% Growth, latest 4Qs on previous 4Qs | -5.8% |
The main findings are:
- Scottish manufactured export sales fell by 0.7 per cent in real terms in 2004 Q3 and decreased by 5.8 per cent over the year to 2004 Q3.
- Since 2001, the level of manufactured export sales has fallen by 24 per cent in real terms.
- Over the year to 2004 Q3, four industries had an increase in export sales in real terms - Other Manufacturing (+7.3%), Wood, Paper & Publishing (+3.6%) Food, Drink & Tobacco (+3.3%) and Textiles (+0.3%). Engineering & Allied Industries experienced the greatest decrease in export sales (-11.7%) over the year, followed by Metals (-4.8%) and Chemicals (-3.7%).
- The Food, Drink & Tobacco industry increased export sales over the latest quarter (+1.3%), as did the Wood, Paper & Publishing industry (+2.2%).
- Chemicals experienced the largest drop in export sales over the latest quarter (-4.3%), followed by Metals (-2.7%), and Other Manufacturing (-2.5%).