Europe
Ask Full Fact: the UK’s trade with the EU
Pro-EU campaigners say that 50% of the UK's exports go to the EU, versus 8% to up-and-coming BRICS economies. It's 44% to the EU and 8% to BRICS. Read
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Europe
Do half the UK's exports go to Europe?
In 2014, the EU accounted for around 44% of the UK's exports of goods and services. Read
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