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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
The rest of the World that's already locked into trade blocks and agreements you mean, I wouldn't over estimate the World's desire to have us join in with them, the recent Central America sumit where the USA and Canada were not involved alone should tell you that.
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All the info i can find ,various blogs ,newspaper articles ect seem to suggest that our trade outside the EU is around 50% of our total trade .I did find this on the hmrc site
UK’s Non EU exports have increased by £1.3 billion (11.6
per cent) compared to September 2011, to £12.7 billion.
Compared to October 2010, exports have increased by
£2.1 billion (19.9 per cent).
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UK’s Non EU imports have increased by £0.8 billion (4.7
per cent) compared to September 2011, to £17.9 billion.
Compared to October 2010 imports have increased by
£1.9 billion (11.9 per cent).
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These monthly export and import figures are the highest
since the OTS was first published separately for non-EU
countries and EU Member States in 1993.
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The UK remains a net importer (imports are greater than
exports), though the size of difference between imports
and exports has decreased compared to September 2011
by 9.0 per cent and has decreased from October 2010 by
3.8 per cent.
and this for EU trade
The value of UK trade increased in September 2011 after a fall in the previous month of August. The value of trade is also greater when compared to September 2010.
• UK’s EU exports have increased by £1.6 billion (13.4 per cent) compared to August 2011, to £13.6 billion. Compared to September 2010, exports have increased by £1.7 billion (14.8 per cent).
• UK’s EU imports have increased by £2.7 billion (17.1 per cent) compared to August 2011, to £18.4 billion. Compared to September 2010 imports have increased by £2.3 billion (14.6 per cent).
• The UK remains a net importer (imports are greater than exports). The size of difference between imports and exports has increased compared to August 2011 by 28.9 per cent and has increased from September 2010 by 14.2 per cent. This is the largest monthly difference during the period January 2008 to date although the July 2011 difference was close - £4.5 billion compared to the current value of £4.8 billion.
I realise that these figures are just a monthly snapshot but can't seem to find a year on graph for the 2 figures to compare