UK Releases Report on How Department for International Trade Can Meet Exporters Needs
The United Kingdom released the findings of a Department for International Trade report that looks into the needs of large exporting businesses. Kantar Public conducted the research, consisting of 27 interviews with large exporting firms and five small group interviews…
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with DIT staffers who support these businesses. The report identified barriers to exporting, support needed for exporting, views on the DIT's export services and more. The report found Brexit and COVID-19 to be the largest barriers to exporters. For large exporting businesses, DIT help could mainly be found in winning new contracts and overcoming formal and informal market barriers "at the development and delivery stage of the export journey," the report said. It pointed to a preference for large businesses to have a single point of contact for relaying needs and administering DIT help. DIT said that it will consider creating a two-tiered export support system for exporting firms, among other revisions.