A Trading Nation - Updating Scotland's Country and Sector Prioritisation

This paper sets out the analytical update to the country and sector priorities underpinning the Scottish Government's export strategy, A Trading Nation. It also provides an update to the methodology used in this analysis.


Footnotes

1 Analytical Methodology Note - Scotland: a trading nation - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

2 Exports statistics Scotland 2021 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

3 Inflation Adjusted HMRC Regional Trade Statistics for Scotland Q2 2024 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

4 Freedom House rates people’s access to political rights and civil liberties in 210 countries and territories through its annual Freedom in the World report.

5 Exports Statistics Scotland (ESS), World Bank Databank, World Bank Development Indicators, HMRC Regional Trade Statistics, UN Comtrade, IMF World Economic Outlook Dataset, Freedom House Data, and FM Global.

6 Including delivery partner organisations Scottish enterprise and Scottish development international, other regional enterprise agencies, internal Scottish Government trade and sector specific policy teams, industry, and businesses.

7 UK Government have on-going negotiations with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) of which Saudi Arabia is a member state.

8 UK Government have on-going negotiations with Switzerland for an enhanced FTA.

9 UK Government have on-going negotiations with South Korea for an enhanced FTA

Contact

Email: exportplan@gov.scot

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