FACTORIES 2012 A SNAPSHOT OF BRITISH INDUSTRY

UK manufacturing breakdown
KEY

People employed in manufacturing

UKs top ten export markets

BN

of UK total manufacturing number employed 000s

172
SCOTLAND

6.3m
1980

2.3m
2011

US 21.9 Germany 20.6 France 16.4 Netherlands 13 3 2 1

US 39.8 Germany 32.5 Netherlands 23.5 France 4 22.2 Ireland 5 17.8 Belgium/Lux 6 10 9.7 9.3 China has a huge appetite for Rolls-Royce 16.3

172

9.2

N EAST

4.3

123
YORKSHIRE & HUMBER

Ireland 9.6

N IRE

3.1

315
N WEST

279

Italy 8.6

Belgium/Lux Italy 8.4 7 Spain 7.2 8 Spain

12.7

10.1

142
WALES

Sweden China 4.3 9

E MIDS

5.3

W MIDS

9.3

9.7

E ENGLAND

203

1998
% SHARE, 1980 TO 2011

Japan Sweden 3.2 6.3 10

2011

112
LONDON

9.3

The decline of UK manufacturing

25

290 112

6.1

20

Economy 10.2%
15
S EAST

S WEST

206

8.5

12.4

10

Workforce 7.5%
5

285
SOURCE: NATIONAL STATISTICS

0 1990 2000 2010