DP4259 The Geography of UK International Trade
Author(s): | Henry G Overman, L. Alan Winters |
Publication Date: | February 2004 |
Keyword(s): | economic geography, eec, uk trade |
JEL(s): | F14, F15, R12 |
Programme Areas: | International Trade and Regional Economics |
Link to this Page: | cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=4259 |
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 dataset 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.