Exporting activity has surged across Kirklees, Calderdale and Wakefield, it hs claimed.
The Mid Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce reported a 13% rise in exporting activity in the first two months of this year – based on the demand from exporting companies and freight forwarders for export documentation services, which the Huddersfield-based chamber provides via its international trade arm MY Export Hub.
Chamber chief executive Martin Hathaway said the figure was good news for local companies and the country as a whole as the rebalancing of the economy towards manufacturing and exports was critical to the UK economy.
Mr Hathaway said: “Despite the very strong Pound rate against the Euro in particular, it is most reassuring to see that our exporters are successfully selling British goods and services into export markets at a time of continued difficult trading conditions overseas.
“Our chamber provides a complete range of export services throughout our chamber area and we are very pleased to be playing our part in these tremendous sales efforts which are so essential to the ongoing and sustainable recovery of the British economy”.
