There were €23.6 billion of imports from the UK in 2018, and 66% of these were imported by SMEs, with a value of €15.8 billion. Of these, €5.5 billion was imported by micro enterprises. Large enterprises imported €7 billion from the UK in 2018.
| X-axis label | Value of Imports |
|---|---|
| Micro | 5.44967850314611 |
| Small | 5.01299592922733 |
| Medium | 5.30624566868201 |
| Large | 7.308 |
Over two-thirds of the enterprises who imported goods from the UK in 2018 were micro enterprises, with less than 10 employees, while just 2% had over 250 employees. Although there were only about 500 large enterprises who imported from the UK in 2018, they comprise over a quarter of UK imports in value terms.
| X-axis label | Size of Enterprise |
|---|---|
| Micro | 18463 |
| Small | 6396 |
| Medium | 1669 |
| Large | 496 |
| Table 9.1 Imports from the UK by Size of Enterprise 2018 | ||||
| Enterprise Size | €million | % of Value | Number of Enterprises | % of Enterprises |
| Micro | 5,450 | 23 | 18,463 | 68 |
| Small | 5,013 | 21 | 6,396 | 24 |
| Medium | 5,306 | 22 | 1,669 | 6 |
| Large | 7,308 | 31 | 496 | 2 |
| Unknown | 554 | 2 | 50 | 0 |
| Total | 23,631 | 100 | 27,074 | 100 |
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