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The Agri/Food sector was the largest exporter to the UK in 2017 with €3.7 billion of goods exported, or 23% of total UK exports. The Pharmaceutical, Other Manufacturing and Construction and Wholesale/Retail sectors recorded UK exports of €3.6 billion, €3.5 billion and €3.3 billion respectively. (see Table 2.1).

The Wholesale/Retail sector has the largest number of enterprises exporting to the UK, accounting for 44% of the total number of exporters. The number of exporters in the Agri/Food sector is 8% of the total.

Looking at the number of enterprises who export to the UK, the Wholesale/Retail sector dominates, accounting for 44% 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/food22.8897786321775
Other
manu-
facturing
and
construction
22.1291021106752
Whole-
sale/retail
20.3766906471837
Pharma-
ceuticals
22.6316166374528
Services/other10.3102603694679
Unknown1.66255160304298
Percentage share
Sector% Share of enterprises
Agri/food8.05179342164012
Pharma-
ceuticals
2.18782556928114
Other
manu-
facturing
and
cons-
truction
25.9413603214764
Wholesale
/retail
44.2327727340378
Services/other19.348117279357
Unknown0.238130674207471
Table 2.1 Exports to the UK by sector 2017
SectorExports
€million% of totalNumber of enterprises% of total
Agri/food3,677235418
Pharmaceuticals3,636231472
Other manufacturing and construction3,555221,74326
Wholesale/retail3,273202,97244
Services/other1,656101,30019
Unknown2672160
Total16,0651006,719100

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