Originally Posted by
az city
You can have opinions, you cannot have your own facts.
In nominal terms, 2022 was NOT a record year for UK exports to the EU, 2019 was. Prove me wrong post the actual statistics on here...
I know you won't because you are WRONG. You are posting BOLLOCKS.
Here's the House of Commons' official commentary on UK-EU trade. (You might want to skip it, it's rather uncomfortable reading for you.)
"The EU, taken as a whole is the UK’s largest trading partner. In 2021, UK exports to the EU were £267 billion (42% of all UK exports). UK imports from the EU were £292 billion (45% of all UK imports).
Disruptions to international trade caused by the coronavirus pandemic, combined with disruptions caused by the end of the Brexit transition period, saw the value of UK trade with the EU contract sharply between 2019 and 2020, before partially recovering between 2020 and 2021.
The share of UK exports accounted for by the EU has generally fallen over time from 54% in 2006 to 42% in 2021.
The share of UK imports accounted for by the EU fell from 58% in 2002 to 45% in 2021.
The UK had an overall trade deficit of -£25 billion with the EU in 2021. A surplus of £42 billion on trade in services was outweighed by a deficit of -£67 billion on trade in goods.
Northern Ireland followed by Wales and the North East of England had the highest percentage of goods exports going to the EU of all the countries and regions in the UK in 2021. Northern Ireland followed by the South East of England, had the highest proportion of goods imports from the EU."