Scottish exports climb in 2014

Posted on 29 Jan 2015 by Victoria Fitzgerald

The latest results from the Scottish Index of Manufactured Exports for the third quarter of 2014 showed a real-terms rise of 1.8% from the previous three months.

The largest contributors to the quarterly increase were the food and drink industries and the refined petroleum, chemical and pharmaceutical products (RPCPP), which together account for around half of international manufactured exports from Scotland. The volume of exports from the food and drink industries rose 0.6% over the quarter, with increases in both the drink…

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