Around half of UK businesses currently trading in the wholesale and retail trade segment were planning to use more UK suppliers after the United Kingdom was officially out of the European Union. According to the results of a recent study conducted in the final weeks of the transition period, only around ten percent of businesses that were planning to make changes to their supply chain post-Brexit stated that they were intending to use more non-EU suppliers.
Share of measures businesses in wholesale and retail trade are taking in their supply chains in preparation for Brexit in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2020
businesses currently trading and intending to make changes to supply chains
Supplementary notes
This question was phrased by the source as follows: "In which of the following ways is your business planning to change supply chains in preparation for the end of the EU transition period?"
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (January 7, 2021). Share of measures businesses in wholesale and retail trade are taking in their supply chains in preparation for Brexit in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1195342/post-brexit-supply-chain-changes-in-wholesale-and-retail-trade-united-kingdom/
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Share of measures businesses in wholesale and retail trade are taking in their supply chains in preparation for Brexit in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2020 [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), January 7, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1195342/post-brexit-supply-chain-changes-in-wholesale-and-retail-trade-united-kingdom/
