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Looking at the type of enterprises who had the UK as their only export market, the largest sector was Wholesale/Retail at 46% of enterprises, followed by Other Manufacturing and Construction sector which made up 23% of enterprises.
Analysed by company size, two thirds of companies who had the UK as their only export market had fewer than 10 employees. SMEs in total accounted for 98% of UK only exporting firms.
| Sector | % Share of enterprises |
|---|---|
| Agri/food | 7.12507778469197 |
| Pharma- ceuticals | 1.05787181082763 |
| Other manu- facturing and cons- truction | 23.5220908525202 |
| Wholesale/retail | 45.7996266334785 |
| Services/other | 22.2775357809583 |
| Unknown | 0.217797137523335 |
| Table 7.1 UK only exports by sector 2017 | ||
| Sector | Number of enterprises | % of total |
| Agri/food | 229 | 7 |
| Pharmaceuticals | 34 | 1 |
| Other manufacturing and construction | 756 | 24 |
| Wholesale/retail | 1,472 | 46 |
| Services/other | 716 | 22 |
| Unknown | 7 | 0 |
| Total | 3,214 | 100 |
| X-axis label | % Share of enterprises |
|---|---|
| Unknown | 0.217797137523335 |
| Micro | 67.8282514001245 |
| Small | 25.980087118855 |
| Medium | 5.07156191661481 |
| Large | 0.902302426882389 |
| Table 7.2 UK only exports by size of enterprise 2017 | ||
| Enterprise size | Number of enterprises | % of total |
| Micro | 2,180 | 68 |
| Small | 835 | 26 |
| Medium | 163 | 5 |
| Large | 29 | 1 |
| Unknown | 7 | 0 |
| Total | 3,214 | 100 |
| Micro (0-9 employees), Small (10-49 employees), Medium (50-249 employees), Large (over 250 employees). | ||
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