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Before Brexit: Britain's biggest exports may surprise you

Britain: the trading power
Electric hair dryers - £14.3 million
Essential oils - £168 million
Tobacco - £231 million
Beer - £596 million
Chocolate - £618 million
Salmon - £729.4 million
Furniture - £1.13 billion
Red meat - £1.2 billion
Television - £1.34 billion
Footwear - £1.54 billion
Cannabis - estimate £2 billion+
Books - £2.6 billion
Arms - £4.3 billion
Scotch whisky - £4.36 billion
Art - £5.3 billion
Blood - £7.5 billion
Cars - £34.4 billion
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Britain: the trading power

The UK has the third largest economy in Europe, and according to the Office for National Statistics, Britain exported a huge £547.5 billion of goods in 2016. But almost half of those exports – 48% – went to Europe. We can't predict what the trade terms of Brexit will be yet, but read on to find out what Britain's biggest exports are, from the expected to the slightly more unusual, and what the UK has to offer...
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Charlotte Irwin

15 August 2018

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