The geography of UK international trade

Henry Overman and L. Winters

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Abstract: This paper examines how the geography of UK international trade has changed since the UK¿s accession to the European Economic Community using a newly constructed data set that gives a detailed breakdown of the UK¿s imports and exports by both port of entry and exit and commodity. Our results suggest that between 1970 and 1992 overall imports and exports re-orientated in favour of ports located nearer to the continent. The vast majority of individual commodities also saw a similar re-orientation.

Keywords: UK trade; EEC; economic geography (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F14 F15 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27 pages
Date: 2004-01
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Working Paper: The Geography of UK International Trade (2004)
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