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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12719

13 May 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 21 / 39
EXTERNAL ACTION / United kingdom
UK imported more goods from outside EU than from EU market in first quarter of 2021
Brussels, 12/05/2021 (Agence Europe)

For the first time since these data were published in 1997, the European Union is no longer the top source of UK imports, according to the latest figures released by the UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) on 12 May.

The UK imported £50.6 billion of goods from the EU, 22% less than in the last quarter of 2020. Its imports from outside the EU remained stable over the same comparative period (-1%) but now exceed European imports at £53.2 billion. 

However, the ONS says it is too...

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