Manufacturing Exports

HC Deb 04 March 2003 vol 400 cc910-1W

Mr. Russell Brown

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimates he has made of the value of manufacturing export from companies within the Dumfries and Galloway region in the last 10 years. [100160]

Ruth Kelly

The estimate for value of manufacturing exports as declared by companies within the Dumfries and Galloway region is as follows:

£ million
Year	Exports value
1996	69
1997	57
1998	64
1999	56
2000	78
2001	73
2002	65

Note:

Regional trade statistics are not available prior to 1996.

The value of all exports (including manufacturing but excluding services) from this region has been approximately £90 million per year on average.