THE UK ECONOMY AND KEY STATS ON SECTORS IMPACTED BY BREXIT

Source: CBI

Agriculture: 476,000 employees

• £18 billion exports
• £38.5 billion imports
• Negative balance of trade: £ 20.5 billion

Aviation: 961,000 employees

• £ 26 billion exports

Chemicals and Plastics: 277,000 employees

• £ 26.9 billion exports
• £ 27.8 billion imports
• Negative balance of trade: £ 0.9 billion

Construction: 2.2 million employees

• £ 1.6 billion exports
• £ 1.2 billon imports
• Positive balance of trade: £ 0.4 billion

Creative Industries: 1.9 million employees

• £ 19.8 billion exports
• £ 8.7 billion imports
• Positive balance of trade: £ 11.1 billion

Education: 2.9 million employees

• 6.4% of University students are from the EU

Energy: 140,000 employees

• 76.7 million tonnes of oil equivalent exports
• 154.8 million tonnes of oil equivalent imports
• Negative balance: £ 78.1 billion

Financial Services: 1.1 million employees

• £ 63.7 billion exports
• £ 8.8 billion imports
• Positive balance of trade: £ 54.9 billion

Food and Drink: 444,000 employees

• £ 18.2 billion exports
• £ 38.5 billion imports
• Negative balance of trade: £ 20.3 billion

Hospitality Leisure & Tourism: 3.1 million employees

• £ 22 billion exports (overseas residents visiting the UK)
• £ 42.4 billion (UK residents visits abroad)
• Negative balance: £ 20.4 billion

Housing & Real Estate: 2.1 million employees

Life Science: 53,000 employees

• £ 20.7 billion exports
• £ 19.6 billion imports
• Positive balance of trade: £ 1.1 billion

Manufacturing: 2.7 million employees

• £ 228.9 billion exports
• £ 313.3 billion imports
• Negative balance of trade: £ 84.4 billion

Professional and Business Services: 5.8 million employees

• £ 70.5 billion exports
• £ 40.4 billion imports
• Positive balance: £ 30.1 billion

Retail and Wholesale: 5.0 million employees

Technology: 1.2 million employees

• £ 20.8 billion exports
• £ 29.0 billion imports
• Negative balance of trade: £ 8.2 billion

Transport, Distribution & Logistics: 1.5 million employees

• £ 24.1 billion exports
• £ 21.7 billion imports
• Positive balance of trade: £ 2.4 billion

Utilities and Environment Services: 414,000 employees

• £ 6.4 billion exports
• £ 4.7 billion imports
• Positive balance: £1.7 billion

United Kingdom's Top EU Trading Partners (2017)

1. Germany: $46.6 billion (10.5% of total UK exports)
2. France: $32.8 billion (7.4% of total UK exports)
3. Netherlands: $27.6 billion (6.2% of total UK exports)
4. Ireland: $25.2 billion (5.7% of total UK exports)
5. Belgium: $17.7 billion (4% of total UK exports)
6. Italy: $13.2 billion (3% of total UK exports)
7. Spain: $13.2 billion (3% of total UK exports)