Exports to EU plunged 41pc in post-Brexit trade
Top Story March 13, 2021 LONDON: Exports of UK goods to the European Union dropped by more than two-fifths in January as the Brexit transition period came to an end. New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that overall exports from the UK fell by £5.6 billion – 19.3 per cent. It was driven by a £5.6 billion, or 40.7 per cent, plunge in exports of goods to the EU, the ONS said. Imports also fell, by £8.9 billion overall (21.6 per cent), while imports from the EU dropped £6.6 billion (28 per cent), the figures show. The falls in imports and exports are the largest ...