The Agri/Food sector was the largest exporter to the UK in 2016 with €3.5 billion of goods exported, or 24% of total UK exports. Other Manufacturing and Construction and Wholesale/Retail sectors recorded UK exports of €3.3 billion and €3.2 billion, respectively.
Looking at the number of enterprises who export to the UK, the Wholesale/Retail sector dominates, accounting for 42% of the total number of exporters. In comparison, the number of exporters in the Agri/Food sector is 8% of the total.
| Sector | % Share of value of exports |
|---|---|
| Agri/food | 23.5006943072462 |
| Other manufact- uring and construc- tion | 22.4871511747469 |
| Pharma- ceuticals | 18.531606500779 |
| Whole- sale /retail | 21.7901571998874 |
| Services /other | 11.3223660935114 |
| Unknown | 2.36802472382921 |
| Sector | % Share of enterprises |
|---|---|
| Other manufacturing and construction | 25.4014749262537 |
| Agri/food | 7.66961651917404 |
| Pharma- ceuticals | 2.0353982300885 |
| Wholesale/retail | 41.858407079646 |
| Services/other | 18.4988200589971 |
| Unknown | 4.33628318584071 |
| Table 2.1 Exports to the UK by sector 2016 | ||||
| Sector | Exports | |||
| €million | % of total | Number of enterprises | % of total | |
| Agri/food | 3,490 | 24 | 525 | 8 |
| Pharmaceuticals | 2,752 | 19 | 136 | 2 |
| Other manufacturing and construction | 3,340 | 22 | 1,715 | 25 |
| Wholesale/retail | 3,236 | 22 | 2,856 | 42 |
| Services/other | 1,681 | 11 | 1,254 | 18 |
| Unknown | 352 | 2 | 294 | 4 |
| Total | 14,851 | 100 | 6,780 | 100 |
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