Leading Brexiteer to build a new car...

[EddieM]

Sell what 'stuff' exactly?

And if we were to have the capability/skilled workforce/capacity to manufacture all that 'stuff', where do we get the resources/raw materials from to make said 'stuff'?

The reason why we have a trade deficit is nothing to do with how or who we do trade with, it's because the UK doesn't have much to offer and there is no possibility to change that!

You do seem to want to show your ignorance at every opportunity available!

UK manufacturing has certainly declined dramatically in the last few decades, but it's still the 9th largest manufacturing nation in the world and the 4th largest in the EU.

As for raw materials, they come from all round the world, no EU countries are in the top 10 for raw material resources.

 

[ellal]

Exports

List exactly what we export...

'stuff' isn't an accepted answer...

 

[ellal]

UK manufacturing has certainly declined dramatically in the last few decades

Hence the trade deficit

 

[durhamplumber]

List exactly what we export...

'stuff' isn't an accepted answer...

Lol...exports...look them up....not accepted answer?? Who the fek are you to decide

 

[ellal]

Lol...exports...look them up....not accepted answer?? Who the fek are you to decide

I'm someone who is rather more intelligent than you

 

[JohnD]

List exactly what we export...

'stuff' isn't an accepted answer...

Mostly services

Especially Financial Services

Which exceed the total value of all UK manufacturing.

For some unaccountable reason (Boris can't think why) the EU is reluctant to allow a foreign country, which does not commit to follow EU standards and regulations, to transact business within its territory or to sell services to its companies and citizens.

Would you put all your money in an Icelandic or Panamanian bank?

 

[ellal]

What is interesting to note is that in general UK trade balances overall have been better under labour administrations than tory ones...

 

[Mottie]

.

 

[fillyboy]

List exactly what we export...

'stuff' isn't an accepted answer...

1 Cars 35,501
2 Refined petroleum 30,125
3 Crude petroleum 24,318
4 Pharmaceuticals 22,058
5 Gas turbines 14,141
6 Diamonds 9,983
7 Aircraft parts 8,863
8 Hard liquor 8,463
9 Petroleum gas 6,217
10 Vehicle parts 5,961
11 Combustion engines 4,294
12 Human and animal blood 4,129
13 Computers 4,039
14 Telephones 3,740
15 Jewellery 3,680
16 Construction vehicles 3,507
17 Valves 3,417
18 Gold 3,328
19 Platinum 3,256
20 Trucks 3,255
21 Scrap iron 3,244
22 Nitrogen heterocyclic compounds 3,201
23 Broadcasting equipment 2,916
24 Radioactive chemicals 2,863
25 Excavation machinery 2,715
26 Electric generating sets 2,457
27 Medical instruments 2,439
28 Nucleic acids 2,407
29 Integrated circuits 2,392
30 Liquid pumps 2,383
31 Brochures 2,363
32 Centrifuges 2,352
33 Laboratory reagents 2,133
34 Machinery having individual functions 2,087
35 Rubber tyres 2,057
36 Tractors 2,025
37 Chemical analysis instruments 2,005
38 Air pumps 1,896
39 Spark-ignition engines 1,849
40 Low-voltage protection equipment 1,808
41 Scrap copper 1,755
42 Paintings 1,703
43 Beauty products 1,653
44 Precious metal scraps 1,653
45 Office machine parts 1,640
46 Pesticides 1,623
47 Engine parts 1,597
48 Cleaning products 1,594
49 Acyclic hydrocarbons 1,557
50 Raw plastic sheeting 1,458

 

[JohnD]

Norway has a thriving exports trade in wigs.

 

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

1 Cars 35,501
2 Refined petroleum 30,125
3 Crude petroleum 24,318
4 Pharmaceuticals 22,058
5 Gas turbines 14,141
6 Diamonds 9,983
7 Aircraft parts 8,863
8 Hard liquor 8,463
9 Petroleum gas 6,217
10 Vehicle parts 5,961
11 Combustion engines 4,294
12 Human and animal blood 4,129
13 Computers 4,039
14 Telephones 3,740
15 Jewellery 3,680
16 Construction vehicles 3,507
17 Valves 3,417
18 Gold 3,328
19 Platinum 3,256
20 Trucks 3,255
21 Scrap iron 3,244
22 Nitrogen heterocyclic compounds 3,201
23 Broadcasting equipment 2,916
24 Radioactive chemicals 2,863
25 Excavation machinery 2,715
26 Electric generating sets 2,457
27 Medical instruments 2,439
28 Nucleic acids 2,407
29 Integrated circuits 2,392
30 Liquid pumps 2,383
31 Brochures 2,363
32 Centrifuges 2,352
33 Laboratory reagents 2,133
34 Machinery having individual functions 2,087
35 Rubber tyres 2,057
36 Tractors 2,025
37 Chemical analysis instruments 2,005
38 Air pumps 1,896
39 Spark-ignition engines 1,849
40 Low-voltage protection equipment 1,808
41 Scrap copper 1,755
42 Paintings 1,703
43 Beauty products 1,653
44 Precious metal scraps 1,653
45 Office machine parts 1,640
46 Pesticides 1,623
47 Engine parts 1,597
48 Cleaning products 1,594
49 Acyclic hydrocarbons 1,557
50 Raw plastic sheeting 1,458

Do you think your data is a little out of date?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_exports_of_the_United_Kingdom

Especially in light of last years massive reductions.

Note that by January 2020, a massive reduction of 30%.
Use the link to pinpoint precise dates and reductions.

https://oec.world/en/profile/country/gbr/

 

[Notch7]

Cars 35,501

Most of them to the EU

 

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

Most of them to the EU

Maybe 50% to EU and 50% to RoW.

https://oec.world/en/profile/country/gbr/

 

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

There was an 'unseasonal' decline in exports beginning January 2020.
Continuous line is previous 12 months, and dotted line is 12 months prior to that.

https://oec.world/en/profile/country/gbr/

We could attribute that decline to Covid 19 but imports were much less affected, and that effect was not detected until a month later.

 

[EddieM]

UK exports diamonds?? Didn't know there were any diamond mines in the UK. I guess it must mean cut diamonds or perhaps industrial diamonds.