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Old 13-03-2021, 08:10   #592
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Re: Britain outside the EU

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter View Post
Just seen this on the news about our decreased exports to the EU January just gone:

https://www.theguardian.com/business...-business-live
"No similar falls with rest of world "is concerning and can't be sugar-coated.

However, let's be optimistic, expect the losses to be made up in February, and hope we can put down January to stockpiling and teething troubles.
Quote:
Peter Foster - Public Policy Editor at the Financial Times

The ONS #Brexit trade stats are ugly, even allowing for December stockpiling & "teething problems"

- exports to EU down 40.7%
- exports to Ireland off 47%
- imports from EU off 28.8%

No similar falls with rest of world
https://twitter.com/pmdfoster/status...998466/photo/1
https://www.ft.com/content/55f116d8-...a-94be4d379db0

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