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How do cities trade with the world?
By
Matt Whearty
| 22 April 2019
How do cities trade with the world?
By
Matt Whearty
| 22 April 2019
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Executive summary
Cities and their exports
Box Cities account for the bulk of Britain’s exports
Box Figure 1: Total value of exports by city
Box Figure 2: Exports per job
Box Services exports play a larger role in southern cities
Box Figure 3: Services exports per job
Box Figure 4: Services as a share of all exports
Box In some cities single industries account for the majority of exports
Box Figure 5: The largest single sector contributor to total exports
Box Figure 6: The location of exports from selected industries
Box The EU is the largest market for almost all cities
Box Figure 7: Selected destinations of exports from British cities
Box Figure 8: Share of exports to the EU
Box Figure 9: Dependence on foreign markets: selected destinations
How exports relate to wider economic performance
Box Britain needs to increase its exports to improve its productivity
Box Figure 10: The relationship between exports and productivity
Box Figure 11: The relationship between services exports, goods exports and productivity
Box Industrial policy options for different cities
Box Figure 12: Grouping of cities according to exports per job and productivity
Summary and policy implications
Box Policy implications for trade deals
Box Implications for national and local industrial strategies
Box Box 2: Defining cities
Box Box 3: Methodology
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1: Top services-exporting cities
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