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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Anna Wise

Overseas demand for UK manufacturing exports sinks to five-year low

UK factories has seen the biggest drop in export orders since the start of the pandemic (Owen Humphreys/PA) - (PA Archive)

UK factories have seen the biggest drop in export orders since the start of the pandemic, with demand from the US, Europe and China waning amid global uncertainty over Donald Trump’s tariffs, a new survey shows.

Manufacturing production has been shrinking for seven months in a row.

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