Team Scotland's Export Promotion Support: evaluation

Summary findings of an evaluation of delivery partner support and services offered to businesses with export sales projects in Scotland between April 2018 and April 2021.


6. Impacts: Export, employment and innovation

6.1 Export impacts:

21% started/re-started exporting in the evaluation period: 47% attributed their entry/re-entry to the support

41% started to export more continuously

29% started to export new product categories

27% started to export to new countries

6.2 Employment impacts: 53% reported that they created or safeguarded jobs as a result of the support, while 40% reported that they did neither.

6.3 Innovation impacts and anticipated exports (all firms):

51% of firms reported that the support positively impacted their product development

41% of firms reported that the support positively impacted their process development

Nearly 8 in 10 firms said that these developments contributed to making products sold to Scotland and the rest of UK

46% anticipate increasing export salesover the next three years (by on average 43%)

Contact

Email: jonathan.edosomwan@gov.scot

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