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For more information about the GREAT campaign and the information found in these scripts, please contact Annette Craze: annette.craze@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

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  • The UK was the second largest exporter of services in the world, as a developed country, in 2022 (Source: UNCTAD, 2022).

  • The value of UK exports in the 12 months to the end of March 2024 was £1,746.6 billion, down 2.8% on the previous 12 months (Source: DBT UK Trade in Numbers 2023).

  • The US (£191.5 billion), Germany (£60.8 billion) and the Netherlands (£57.4 billion) were the largest UK export markets in 2021 (Source: GOV UK, 2024).

  • An estimated 283,600 registered GB businesses (11.4% of all businesses) export goods, services or both (Source: ONS Annual Business Survey, 2021).

  • Approximately 6.5 million jobs across the UK are supported by exports, with research showing that exporters typically pay higher wages (Source: DIT, 2021), and that firms that export goods are 21% more productive on average than non-exporters (Source: ONS, 2018).

GREAT Export Services

The GREAT Export campaign “Made in the UK, Sold to the World” targets UK SMEs to ensure awareness of the benefits of selling overseas and the wide range of export support services that the Department for Business and Trade offers.

The campaign champions exporters in many sectors, including consumer goods, creative industries, agri-food and drink, technology, digital education and financial and professional services. It does this through innovative, localised marketing that promotes the best of British exporters in regional towns and cities across the UK. The aim of the campaign is to continue building a national momentum on exporting.

Further information can be found at www.great.gov.uk

Whether businesses are new to exporting or experienced, there’s information, training, events and expert advice available to help find new customers overseas: www.great.gov.uk/support/guidance-and-support/