2019 was record-breaking year for UK exports

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Nicky Godding

2019 was a record-breaking year for UK exports, according to new figures published today by the Office for National Statistics.The UK has now experienced 45 consecutive months of annual export growth on a rolling annual basis.UK companies exported £689.0 billion worth of goods and services across the globe – up by 5.0% on 2018.Some of the UK’s fastest growing goods exports include:

Cereals which were worth £2.5 billion, up by 16.6%
Fish and shellfish which were worth £2.1 billion, up by 13.1%
Meat and meat preparations which were worth £2.1 billion, up by 12.4%

Goods exports to non-EU countries grew by 13.6%.

Secretary of State for International Trade, Liz Truss, said: "The UK is an exporting superpower and these new statistics show that UK companies are exporting record levels of goods and services. As a newly independent trading nation, we will strike new trade deals with key partners across the world, open up new markets and make it even easier for our businesses to meet global demand.

In our latest January/February issue we showcased 100 Top Exporters from across the Oxfordshire & Thames Valley part of our region, in a special feature, published In Association with HSBC UK and Crowe UK. You can read the full feature here

Nicky Godding

Nicky Godding is editor of The Business Magazine. Before her journalism career, she worked mainly in public relations moving into writing when she was invited to launch Retail Watch, a publication covering retail and real estate across Europe. After some years of constant travelling, she tucked away her passport and concentrated on business writing, co-founding a successful regional business magazine. She has interviewed some of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs who have built multi-million-pound businesses and reported on many science and technology firsts. She reports on the region’s thriving business economy from start-ups, family businesses and multi-million-pound corporations, to the professionals that support their growth and the institutions that educate the next generation of business leaders.