Scottish Statistics - QTAS Presentation to the Scottish Supply Chain Forum 23 November 2010
Scottish Statistics SCOTTISH STATISTICS AVAILABLE WEEKLY/MONTHLY Claimant count, unemployment rate, employment rate from ONS Bulk diesel average price (excluding VAT) from EnergyQuote JHA Weekly forecourt diesel price by county (including VAT) from ARVAL UK Limited QUARTERLY Regional trade in goods from ONS Quarterly Gross Domestic Product from the Scottish Government Retail Sales Index from the Scottish Government Index of manufactured exports from the Scottish Government ANNUAL Transport Trends from the Scottish Government Regional Gross Value Added from ONS Scottish Transport Statistics from the Scottish Government Maritime Statistics from ONS
Scottish Statistics SAMPLE STATISTICS FORECOURT FUEL PRICES (INCL. VAT) ScotlandUK Week 45 – Week ending 12 November ppl ppl BULK DIESEL (EXCL. VAT) ScotlandUK Average price October ppl99.51 ppl LABOUR MARKET ScotlandUK Claimant count rate Oct %4.5% Unemployment rate 3 months to Sept %7.7% Employment rate 3 months to Sept %70.8%
Scottish Statistics GDP ScotlandUK Q % change to previous quarter+1.3% +1.2% Q % change to same quarter previous year+1.2%+1.7% PORTS TRAFFIC 2009 ScotlandUK Inwards (thousand tonnes)23,280303,598 Outwards (thousand tonnes)62,299197,264 All (thousand tonnes)85,580500,863
Quarterly Transport Activity Survey Operators across most sectors expect a busy period in the run up to Christmas
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Future Direction How would you like us to proceed with the report? Extra industrial sectors eg food and drink production and fisheries? Comparative statistics comparing Scotland and UK? Scotlands contribution to UK national statistics? Particular road, rail, sea freight statistics? Annual or quarterly report? Logistics Industry Survey 2010/2011