UK Trade and Investment

UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) can help their customers rise to the exciting opportunities and challenges that globalisation offers. The company works with UK-based businesses to ensure their success in international markets. They also encourage the best overseas companies to look to the UK as their global partner of choice.

The UK aerospace market's turnover continues to rise year on year and increased 5.5% from 2005 to £19.82bn in 2006, 2nd only behind the USA.

The UK unquestionably offers one of the world’s most innovative and productive locations with R&D investment of over £2.5bn in 2006. This flair for innovation coupled with excellent capabilities and experience, continues to attract new orders on a global scale. In 2006 the UK new order intake was up 5.8% on the previous year in the aerospace industry at £26.18bn and with about 60% of the annual turnover being exported, it is one of the country's biggest exporting industries.

Priority markets, with the strongest opportunities for UK aerospace include: China

Type:	GOLDEN
Address:	Kingsgate House, 66-74 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6SW
Website:	www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk
Phone:	+44 (0)20 7215 8000
Fax:	+44 (0)20 7828 1281