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Gross Domestic Product for Scotland - Quarter 1, 2008

23/07/2008

Scotland's Chief Statistician today announced the release of Gross Domestic Product for Scotland for the first quarter of 2008. This publication measures growth, in real terms, of GDP for Scotland.

The main findings are:

• GDP rose by 2.1 per cent annually and increased by 0.3 per cent in the first quarter of 2008 (seasonally adjusted)
• In the year to end-March 2008, the Scottish service sector grew by 3.2 per cent, the production sector fell by 0.4 per cent and the construction sector fell by 2.9 per cent
• In the first quarter of 2008, the service sector grew by 0.5 per cent, the production sector declined by 0.1 per cent and the construction sector fell by 0.4 per cent