{"id":121878,"date":"2023-11-28T12:29:21","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T12:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uklevitrasupport.com\/?p=121878"},"modified":"2023-11-28T12:29:21","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T12:29:21","slug":"ridiculous-snp-shamed-for-reckless-plan-to-impose-border-cut-off-uk-imports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uklevitrasupport.com\/politics\/ridiculous-snp-shamed-for-reckless-plan-to-impose-border-cut-off-uk-imports\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Ridiculous’ SNP shamed for ‘reckless plan’ to impose border\u2013 cut off UK imports"},"content":{"rendered":"

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At least half of Scottish businesses have imported goods and services from other UK nations, new figures have indicated.<\/p>\n

And anti-independence campaigners have seized on the data, saying it exposes the SNP\u2019s \u201crecklessness\u201d in trying to \u201cthrow up barriers\u201d.<\/p>\n

The figures, included in the Office for National Statistics\u2019 Business Insights and Conditions survey, indicate that Scottish firms Scottish businesses buy more goods from within the United Kingdom than any other part of Great Britain.<\/p>\n

In total, 49.3 per cent of Scottish companies bought goods or services from suppliers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in the last year.<\/p>\n

That compares to 21.2 per cent of businesses in England buying from the intra-UK market, and 45.1 per cent in Wales.<\/p>\n

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The statistics were published the day before the Scottish Government is due to publish export figures.<\/p>\n

The research sought views from more than 10,000 UK firms, including 1,202 in Scotland, in the last fortnight of October.<\/p>\n

A total of 30.9 per cent of Scottish businesses did not purchase goods from the rest of the UK, while another 19.7 per cent were unsure.<\/p>\n

Finished goods accounted for the most items bought, with 47.3 per cent of the total. That was followed by professional services (34.2 per cent) and raw materials (29.5 per cent).<\/p>\n

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Only Northern Ireland was more likely to buy goods from the rest of the UK, with 55.8 per cent having done so in the last 12 months.<\/p>\n

Pamela Nash, chief executive of Scotland in Union, said: \u201cThis is yet another piece of research which underlines the sheer importance of the UK market to Scottish businesses.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe already know the firms here sell more products to England, Wales and Northern Ireland than they do to anywhere else in the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow we learn, in terms of buying goods and services, half of businesses benefit from that vital market too.<\/p>\n