The Office for National Statistics published new figures on 11 February showing that 2019 was a record-breaking year for UK exports. The UK has now shown 45 consecutive months of annual export growth on a rolling annual basis.
Companies based in the UK exported £689.0 billion worth of goods and services across the world, an increase of 5.0% on 2018. Some of the UK’s fastest growing goods exports include: cereals which were up by 16.6%, fish and shellfish up by 13.1%, meat and meat preparations which were worth up by 12.4% and goods exports to non-EU countries grew by 13.6%.