13.5%
Manufacturing output as % of GDP, 2009
£130.9 billion
GVA by UK manufacturing, 2009
3,365
Number of chemicals companies in the UK
74
% of business-funded R&D in the UK carried out by manufacturers
£11.7 billion
Value of UK manufacturing R&D investment in 2008
45,000
People employed by the UK’s pharma industry
1,117,751
Number of vehicles produced in the UK in 2009
131,791
Number of manufacturers in business in the UK
53
% of export earnings generated by manufacturing
2,570,780
Number of people employed by UK manufacturing
102,110
Number of people directly employed by the British aerospace industry
£17.9 billion
Turnover of British aerospace industry in 2009.
9.6
% of UK manufacturing value added in West Mids
13.1
% of UK manufacturing value added in North West
£20,640 billion
gross value added by North West manufacturing
£4 billion
Value of UK defence exports
£382 million
Amount of annual net foreign direct investment into UK manufacturing each year
£30 billion
Total amount of net foreign direct investment in UK manufacturing