Great Britain is not an Island

[JR-]

Thanks for those numbers, Furunculu, here and in the Euro thread.


And I've got some good news for you! I browsed that UK statistics site. It appears that the percentage of UK trade with the EU is shrinking.
Can't refind that page for a link. The numbers are, on top of my head, if 2003 is 100, than 2008 trade with the EU is 110, and with non-EU is 130.

I assume this is a Europe-wide phenomenon, based on the increasing economic presence of the large emerging markets.

my pleasure, and many thanks for your info, more info is always good.

though i should point out, that i am not necessarily pleased that trade with any party should decline, what pleases me is that we trade with everyone possible to the maximum possible extent. but i believe you are right that it does reflect the importance of the emerging markets especially given our service export bias.