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figure 32 global sales and employment of UKAI aerospace assets
- UK based companies have substantial overseas presence, which generated a further £7.94 bn of sales and £8.93 bn of orders, UK employed a further 48,785 people overseas.
- The majority of the overseas assets are in the USA which accounted for £4.58bn of sales and 34,606 employees.
source: SBAC
figure 33 global location and sales in the UKAI 2006
- The size of the UK aerospace industry presence overseas has increased significantly over recent years.
- The size of the overseas assets owned by the UK is now equivalent to the size of the rest of the world owned companies presence in UK.
source: SBAC
figure 34 UK located aerospace companies turnover and employment
- There are a number of overseas companies which have directly invested or purchased and incorporated indigenous firms. In 2006, foreign owned UK located companies generated total sales of £7.96 bn and employed 43,145 people.
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source: SBAC


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