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MUP would be a trade barrier which would result in retaliatory barriers to trade in new and existing markets. This could affect exports and Scottish jobs.
Part of the reason why people are still saying that is that, although the COPFS gives information to its staff about new initiatives and new staff who are coming in, pressure arises from the need to absorb the changes and the new information.
A comparison of the Scottish percentage of UK GVA derived from the previous publication in August 2003 (used in the latest GERS calculations) with these latest ONS figures is shown in the table below.
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Date answered:
20 January 2004
Where they are identified as principal export markets, European Union candidate countries will be shown.The latest available figures which provide this breakdown relate to the manufacturing sector only and are for 2002.
Today should not be about lulling the public into a false sense of security that something new is happening, because so far today we have heard nothing new from the minister.