HMRC figures come as Europe rushes to bank supplies for winter in absence of Russian pipeline
Earlier this year the UK ambassador to the US announced work with the US to get more LNG intoas part of western allied nations’ coordinated response to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
Separate figures released on Friday from the Office for National Statistics show that overall exports to the EU of products of all types jumped by 16.3% between April and June compared with the previous three months, while those to the rest of the world rose by 8.6%. “This data shows the risks of weakening, instead of stabilising, our trade relations with the EU,” said William Bain, head of trade policy at the British Chambers of Commerce.
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