Good news in sad times - EU “Buys British” 42% more than Referendum days

In this time of national mourning, some good news

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UK’s exporters to EU achieve highest-ever sales, as records keep tumbling

The latest trade figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) yesterday demolish Project Fear’s claims that UK exports would ‘fall off a cliff’. UK exports to the EU continue to climb, with a 42.3% increase when comparing July 2022 with July 2016 (just after the EU Referendum).

At this time of national mourning for our dear departed Queen, Facts4EU.Org in association with the umbrella organisation for many Brexit groups CIBUK.Org thought readers might want some good news. As the BBC will not provide it, we will.

Last month all records were broken once again as the UK’s exporters continue to defy the obstacles placed in their way by the EU - all of which makes awkward reading for Rejoiners.

Brexit Facts4EU.Org Summary

UK goods exports to the EU, 2016-2022

1. July 2022 compared with July 2016

July 2016 : £12.2 bn
July 2022 : £17.4 bn
Percentage increase : 42.3%

[Source: Office for National Statistics, 12 Sept 2022.]

2. Monthly exports from June 2016 (Referendum month) to July 2022

[Source: Office for National Statistics, 12 Sept 2022.]

Brexit Britain beats all the odds to record massive highs

Despite the EU being about to go into recession, the EU is continuing to buy more from the UK than it has done since records began in 1979. Even allowing for inflation and for the increase in the price of energy products sold to the EU, the numbers are impressive.

For example, the ONS reported that sales of machinery and transport equipment to the EU had risen by £0.4bn in the month of July alone.

And no, this is not all about higher prices for energy products

The UK’s trade deficit with the EU has also been dropping. The ONS went onto to say “Removing the effect of inflation, the total trade deficit, excluding precious metals, narrowed by £2.0 billion to £20.8 billion in the three months to July 2022.”

Note: There are hundreds of thousands of figures in the trade figures which are issued. In their headline numbers the ONS use “trade figures which exclude non-monetary gold and other precious metals. This is because movements in non-monetary gold, an important component of precious metals, can be large and highly volatile, distorting underlying trends in goods exports and imports.”

Brexit Facts4EU.Org has therefore used exactly the same figures.

Meanwhile, the UK bought less from the EU in July

The EU sold less to the UK according to July's data. The ONS explains this as follows:-

“The fall in imports of machinery and transport equipment in July 2022 was because of reduced car imports from Germany and Spain.”
- ONS trade report, 12 Sept 2022

Observations

Over the last six years British truckers have had to contend with everything from Dutch Customs officials rejecting loads because “the wrong coloured ink” was used on the export forms, to French Customs officials being… well, particularly French.

Nonetheless the UK’s exporters have persevered and have clearly won through. We congratulate them all, especially the lorry drivers.

At this time of national grief the Facts4EU.Org team thought readers might wish to receive some happier news. We searched in vain for this news on the BBC and therefore decided it was right to report on this. We hope readers will agree.

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Brexit Facts4EU.Org, Tues 13 Sept 2022

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Reader Comments 6

1. Not4EU, London , Tuesday, September 13, 2022, 10:34:

Do we know if 'exports' to N. Ireland from the UK are included in EU official figures?
It will be interesting to see the NI Protocol being implemented on the Royal entourage as it moves to Northern Ireland, as it is to anyone else trying to trade there from other parts of the UK. I look forward to the baggage of the entourage being checked for illicit sandwiches or sausages and the multitude of forms correctly completed (in the correct colour ink, of course). I do hope that they're not taking the Corgis otherwise they'll have to seek the EU's permission first.
Of course, this will not happen as it would lay bare to all the sheer absurdity of the so-called NI Protocol, which barely masks the effective annexation of NI, all done willingly by our own treasonous EUphile Govt (I haven't seen any action to persuade me otherwise), as a pre-cursor to reasserting full EU control as a 'solution' to the problem that they deliberately created. Knights of the Realm are already colluding with foreign interests to 'make this happen'.
The proper solution has always been to rip up the NIP, and WA, which should never have been agreed to in the first place. As May said, a border down the Irish Sea is something that NO UK PRIME MINISTER CAN AGREE TO. Yet they did. If Ireland/EU want a border it is their problem to solve - and pay for. We still eagerly await a proper leaving of the EU. Are you listening Truss? Grow some cajones.

2. Tim B , Tuesday, September 13, 2022, 13:09:

1. Not4EU - Totally agree with your comments. Our new King should be inheriting a complete United Kingdom that is totally free from restricted internal trade and EU rules.

3. Ashley Great Britain , Tuesday, September 13, 2022, 17:51:

1 not4eu, Tim B beat me to it.
I always enjoy reading your bits, Straight to it, And on the money.
The traitorous rejoiners have been all over things like a rash.
I for one am sick and tired of it. Their game is to believe the UK public will forget and go back into their shells.
Not on your nelly I say.
Were all just waiting for rectification of this disease, But we won't wait forever.

4. One eyed king , Tuesday, September 13, 2022, 18:34:

Not4eu, I should say that the Kings speech today should have given hope to all of us that believe in democracy. We will see, of course.

5. Martin Herglotz , Thursday, September 15, 2022, 05:20:

This claim that exports from the UK to Europe are up is complete hogwash. Exports from Northern Ireland to the EU are up, due to the Protocol allowing growth to continue with EU trade, but from Great Britain they are down by much more. Resulting in a substantial net loss of trade, even though the Pound has dropped dramatically. Imports however, from the EU into the UK have fallen much less, further increasing the trade deficit since the end of the initial transition period. Anyone reading this and believing it has already been severely brainwashed. Look it up, ffs.

6. Hammerswede , Thursday, September 15, 2022, 12:44:

Reply to 5, MH.
This article refers to improving export sales to EU from United Kingdom, which incidentally INCLUDES Northern Ireland. Just as important is United Kingdom´s imports from EU are considerably less, as we continue to do business with much friendlier nations outside EU. Hammerswede

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