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