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Manufacturing Exports Estimates Q3 2005
11/01/2006
Scottish manufactured export sales grew by 0.7 per cent in real terms in 2005 Q3 but decreased by 3.6 per cent over the year to 2005 Q3, according to estimates published today.
The main findings are:
- Scottish manufactured export sales grew by 0.7 per cent in real terms in 2005 Q3 but decreased by 3.6 per cent over the year to 2005 Q3
- Over the quarter, the main industry driving the growth in export sales was chemicals with a quarterly increase of 5.7 per cent, followed by drink (+3.4 per cent) and mechanical engineering (+6.2 per cent). The main industries showing a decline in exports sales in real terms were electrical & instrument engineering (E&IE) (-2.6 per cent), other manufacturing (-7.1 per cent) and transport equipment (-3.9 per cent)
- Over the year, electrical & instrument engineering (E&IE) was the main driver of the decline in export sales with an annual fall of 16.8 per cent. Also contributing to the annual decline, but to a lesser extent, were chemicals (-5.0 per cent) and food and tobacco (-2.6 per cent). All other industries grew over the year
- Excluding the electrical and instrument engineering industry, manufactured exports rose by 2.2 per cent in 2005 Q3 and increased by 4.2 per cent over the year to 2005 Q3
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