Someone asked:
What are UK's major exports (besides scottish whiskey) ??? <<
And then someone replied:
Oil? Meat? Tourism? Don't know 
Don't see how tourism could be classed as an export
The UK exports a great deal of oil from the North Sea and, in days past, exported large quantities of coal until the demise of the coal industry. The UK remains one of the principle places to trade on the stockmarket and exports serious amounts of invisible goods such as Insurance and expertise in many scientific fields.
If someone is REALLY interested then I can look up some web references for them, give me an e-mail if you are that sad
Matthew
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Matthew Riley wrote:
Someone asked:
> What are UK's major exports (besides scottish whiskey) ??? <<
And then someone replied:
Oil? Meat? Tourism? Don't know
Don't see how tourism could be classed as an export
The UK exports a great deal of oil from the North Sea and, in days past, exported large quantities of coal until the demise of the coal industry. The UK remains one of the principle places to trade on the stockmarket and exports serious amounts of invisible goods such as Insurance and expertise in many scientific fields.
Do Harry Potter and AbFab count as exports?
-ED \1/
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Matthew Riley wrote:
>
> Someone asked:
>
> > What are UK's major exports (besides scottish whiskey) ??? <<
>
> And then someone replied:
>
> Oil? Meat? Tourism? Don't know
RD: Oil? UK is still a net importer.
Meat? Are you the only guy in the world who didn't hear about the
foot-and-mouth epidemic?
Tourism? Well yes we export tourists, and some of them don't come back from
exotic locations if they get murdered, kidnapped or caught with drugs in
their possession. But I think what you meant was that we make more money
from foreign tourists visiting this country!
Richard.
>
> Don't see how tourism could be classed as an export
>
> The UK exports a great deal of oil from the North Sea and, in days past,
exported large quantities of coal until the demise of the coal industry.
The UK remains one of the principle places to trade on the stockmarket and
exports serious amounts of invisible goods such as Insurance and expertise
in many scientific fields.
路路路
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Do Harry Potter and AbFab count as exports?
-ED \1/
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RD: Oil? UK is still a net importer.
Maybe but very little north sea oil ends up in the UK, it constitutes one of
our major exports ... which was the question after all
Matthew
UK is a net exporter of oil with 拢15 billion out and 拢9 billion in.
The North Sea stuff is not much use for petrol.
UK exports lots of stuff, but imports more. Fortunately we own a
considerable part of the world so can live off that.
Regards
Chris Courtiour
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From: Edward A Dimmick <dukefenton@e...>
To: <mepbmlist@y...>
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 9:41 PM
Subject: Re: [mepbmlist] Off Topic: Euro
> Matthew Riley wrote:
> >
> > Someone asked:
> >
> > > What are UK's major exports (besides scottish whiskey) ??? <<
> >
> > And then someone replied:
> >
> > Oil? Meat? Tourism? Don't know
RD: Oil? UK is still a net importer.
Meat? Are you the only guy in the world who didn't hear about the
foot-and-mouth epidemic?
Tourism? Well yes we export tourists, and some of them don't come
back from
exotic locations if they get murdered, kidnapped or caught with
drugs in
their possession. But I think what you meant was that we make more
money
from foreign tourists visiting this country!
Richard.
> >
> > Don't see how tourism could be classed as an export
> >
> > The UK exports a great deal of oil from the North Sea and, in
days past,
exported large quantities of coal until the demise of the coal
industry.
The UK remains one of the principle places to trade on the
stockmarket and
exports serious amounts of invisible goods such as Insurance and
expertise
in many scientific fields.
> >
> Do Harry Potter and AbFab count as exports?
>
> -ED \1/
> --
> "Men go crazy in congregations
> They only get better one by one..."
>
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