This can include our advertisements from 3 rd parties based on our understanding. The report, written by the pro-Brexit think tank Facts 4 EU, is published at a time when the workings of the Protocol, the mechanism for preventing a hard border in Ireland, are under the microscope after speeches by Brexit minister Lord David Frost and European Commissioner Maros Sefcovic. The analysis, based on Eurostat's data from Eurostat - The bloc statistics wing, reveals a 72.6 percent increase in exports from Northern Ireland to Ireland since the start of the year.
Significantly, exports to the UK are more than 47.5 percent. The figures also showed other countries were likewise able to increase the amount of goods they exported to Northern Ireland in the first six months of 2021. Finland saw a massive 426.2 percent increase, for example, while Dutch exports are up 139.5 percent, those from the Netherlands by 88.8 percent, Denmark by 72.6 percent and Germany by 70.2 percent.
The situation is compounded by the current difficulties in transportation between Great Britain and Northern Ireland - both being part of the United Kingdom - and not trading partners. Facts 4 : EU spokesperson David Evans has revealed: We must emphasize that no one is claiming that the entire 72.6% increase in Northern Ireland's exports to Ireland is due to the protocol. As Covid restrictions have been lifted, Exports have risen in most countries. JUST IN: 'Attack on democracy itself' Amess arguments speak after Jo Cox attack.
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