The UK manufacturing industry contributed £6.7Tr, the Aerospace industry is in second place globally, the car industry is growing, the Nissan Sunderland plant is the most efficient in Europe and alone produces more vehicles than the whole of Italy's car industry. In the UK 1.5 million vehicles and 2.5 million engines are manufactured each year, and is on course to break all time records by 2017. The chemical and pharmaceutical industries add £20M per day to the UK balance of trade. In world terms we are the 11th largest manufacturing nation contributing 54% of UK exports and 11% of GVA the 10 countries above us all have larger populations and home markets.
