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Improving the Quality of Regional Economic Indicators in the UK: A Framework for Interregional Trade Data Collection and Estimation

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  • Mairi Spowage
  • Sharada Nia Davidson

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The UK's departure from the EU as well as increased devolution have heightened the policy requirement for data on interregional trade. This paper develops a framework for interregional trade data collection and estimation in the UK by: (i) reviewing the academic literature and current international practise, (ii) contrasting the trade surveys currently deployed by the four nations of the UK, (iii) undertaking a series of webinars and interviews to explore businesses’ perceptions of trade surveys and (iv) illustrating how interregional trade statistics consistent with the national accounts can be constructed. We provide a number of recommendations for collecting interregional trade data including the introduction of a new survey or survey questions to capture trade flows between England and the remaining three nations of the UK.

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  • Mairi Spowage & Sharada Nia Davidson, 2021. "Improving the Quality of Regional Economic Indicators in the UK: A Framework for Interregional Trade Data Collection and Estimation," Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE) Technical Reports ESCOE-TR-13, Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE).
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    1. Sharada Nia Davidson & James Black & Kevin Connolly & Mairi Spowage, 2022. "Improving the Quality of Regional Economic Indicators in the UK: A Framework for the Production of Supply and Use and Input Output Tables for the Four Nations," Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE) Discussion Papers ESCoE DP-2022-14, Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE).
    2. Sharada Nia Davidson & Kevin Connolly & Ciara Crummey & Niccolo Brazzelli & Mairi Spowage, 2022. "Building a Suite of Subnational Socioeconomic Indicators for the United Kingdom: Opportunities, Challenges and Recommendations," Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE) Discussion Papers ESCoE DP-2022-13, Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE).

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    Keywords

    interregional trade flows; origin destination data; regional supply use tables; trade surveys;
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    JEL classification:

    • C83 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs - - - Survey Methods; Sampling Methods
    • F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration
    • F17 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Forecasting and Simulation
    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)

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