DCMS Sectors Economic Estimates 2020: Trade
Official Statistics used to provide an estimate of the contribution of DCMS Sectors to the UK economy, measured by imports and exports of services and goods
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Revision note:
24 May 2024: Trade in services data for 2020 has been re-published as part of the DCMS Economic Estimates: Trade 2021 trade in services data tables.
About
These Economic Estimates are Official Statistics used to provide an estimate of the contribution of DCMS Sectors to the UK economy, measured by imports and exports of services and goods.
Content
These statistics cover the contributions of the following DCMS sectors to the UK economy;
- Creative Industries
- Cultural Sector
- Digital sector
- Gambling (services only)
- Sport
- Telecoms (services only)
- Tourism (covered on a separate basis to the other sectors)
Users should note that unlike previous years, there are no breakdowns available by world regions of individual countries for the Tourism sector. This is because the underlying data source, the International Passenger Survey, was suspended from 16 March 2020 to January 2021 as a result of the pandemic. The headline figures can be found in Chapter 1 of the statistical release and on the Overseas travel and tourism: 2020 ONS publication page.
A definition for each sector is available in the associated methodology note along with details of methods and data limitations.
Released
First published on 10 March 2022.
Feedback and consultation
DCMS aims to continuously improve the quality of estimates and better meet user needs. DCMS welcomes feedback on this release. Feedback should be sent to DCMS via email at evidence@dcms.gov.uk.
The UK Statistics Authority
This release is published in accordance with the Code of Practice for Statistics, as produced by the UK Statistics Authority. The Authority has the overall objective of promoting and safeguarding the production and publication of official statistics that serve the public good. It monitors and reports on all official statistics, and promotes good practice in this area.
The responsible statistician for this release is Wilmah Deda. For further details about the estimates, or to be added to a distribution list for future updates, please email us at evidence@dcms.gov.uk.
Pre-release access
The document above contains a list of ministers and officials who have received privileged early access to this release. In line with best practice, the list has been kept to a minimum and those given access for briefing purposes had a maximum of 24 hours.
Updates to this page
Last updated 24 May 2024 + show all updates
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Trade in services data for 2020 has been re-published as part of the DCMS Economic Estimates: Trade 2021 trade in services data tables.
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Following the identification of an error in November 2023 in the DCMS Economic Estimates: Trade 2021 trade in services data tables, we have reviewed all previously published trade in services tables. We have taken down the trade in services 2020 tables while we investigate this error further. Trade in services tables published for previous years are not affected by this error. The headline release, trade in goods tables and trade in tourism tables are also unaffected by this change.
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The technical and quality assurance report accompanying this headline release has been added.
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First published.