Official Statistics

DCMS Economic Estimates 2019: Trade Report

Official Statistics used to provide an estimate of the contribution of DCMS Sectors to the UK economy, measured by imports and exports of services and goods.

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Notice of revision, 18 March 2022

Revisions have been made to the 2019 exports of goods data (Table 6) as a result of corrections applied to the Overseas Trade in Goods statistics 2015 to 2019 by HMRC. Pre-2019 trade in goods data remain unchanged. Further information on these corrections can be found on the UK Trade Info website.

Users should be aware that the revisions do not affect estimates for all countries equally.

About

These Economic Estimates are Official Statistics used to provide an estimate of the contribution of DCMS Sectors to the UK economy, measured by imports and exports of services and goods.

Content

These statistics cover the contributions of the following DCMS sectors to the UK economy;

  • Creative Industries
  • Cultural Sector
  • Digital Sector
  • Sport
  • Tourism

A definition for each sector is available in the associated methodology note along with details of methods and data limitations.

Released

29 October 2020

Revised

18 March 2022

Feedback and consultation

DCMS aims to continuously improve the quality of estimates and better meet user needs. DCMS welcomes feedback on this release. Feedback should be sent to DCMS via email at evidence@dcms.gov.uk.

The UK Statistics Authority

This release is published in accordance with the Code of Practice for Statistics, as produced by the UK Statistics Authority. The Authority has the overall objective of promoting and safeguarding the production and publication of official statistics that serve the public good. It monitors and reports on all official statistics, and promotes good practice in this area.

The responsible statisticians for this release is Wilmah Tawaziwa. For further details about the estimates, or to be added to a distribution list for future updates, please email us at evidence@dcms.gov.uk.

Pre-release access

The document above contains a list of ministers and officials who have received privileged early access to this release. In line with best practice, the list has been kept to a minimum and those given access for briefing purposes had a maximum of 24 hours.

Published 29 October 2020
Last updated 18 March 2022 + show all updates
  1. Revisions have been made to the 2019 exports of goods data (Table 6) as a result of corrections applied to the Overseas Trade in Goods statistics 2015 to 2019 by HMRC. Pre-2019 trade in goods data remain unchanged. Further information on these corrections can be found on the UK Trade Info website.

  2. First published.