Current status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 18 February 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how much export revenue has originated from businesses in each local authority area, in each of the last five years.
Export Statistics Scotland is the primary source of export data in Scotland. ESS is designed for national and sectoral analysis, but does not provide estimates at local authority level. As such we do not hold the data requested.
Geographically disaggregated trade data is available in HMRC trade in goods data, but this only covers export of goods only (not services) it is not a complete measure of total export revenue. Furthermore, HMRC Regional Trade Statistics are also at higher geographies than at local authority level (e.g. UK national level).