Electronics Continues to Lead Slide in Scottish Exports Fall in Overseas Sales Highlights Economy's Reliance On Sector
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SCOTLAND'S continuing vulnerability to chill winds in the cut- throat global electronics sector was writ large yesterday in a fall in its total manufactured exports in the third quarter.
Jim Wallace, enterprise minister, admitted he was "disappointed" as the Scottish Executive said manufactured exports had fallen by 0.7-per cent in real terms between the second and third quarters. This was in stark contrast to a 3.4-per cent rise in goods exports from the UK as a whole over the same period.See the full content of this document
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Electronics Continues to Lead Slide in Scottish Exports Fall in Overseas Sales Highlights Economy's Reliance On Sector
Comparing the year to the third quarter with the preceding 12 months, Scottish manufactured exports were down 5.8-per cent.
A 2.4-per cent quarter-on-quarter fall in exports by Scotland's...See the full content of this document
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