Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many (a) goods exporters and (b) goods importers there were in each region of England in (i) 2021 and (ii) 2022; and what percentage of businesses located in each of those regions were (a) goods exporters and (b) goods importers in those years.
Data on the number of businesses exporting and importing goods for each region of England are published by HMRC. The latest data available is up to Q3 2022 and can be found at: https://www.uktradeinfo.com/media/o2mddj5d/rts_q3_2022.xlsx
Data for the percentage of businesses in each region is not available.