West Midlands Export Performance

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European Export-Import Infrastructure Source: Wikipedia & WMEF

Birmingham

London

Paris

Amsterdam

Brussels Koln

Frankfurt

Saarbrucken

Strasbourg

1.102.10

1.472.30

1.503.55

2.155.12

1.514.52

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2.392.40

3.486.13

3.155.05

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Travel Times:20091989HS2

hours The Trans-European HSL – Operational CoreSource: EC & WMEF

Optimal Operating Distances

For journeys under 4.5 hours, the EC regard HSR as competitive with air travel

HSR Impacts – undermined commercial viability of Air Routes between:

Paris-Brussels Cologne-Frankfurt Madrid-Barcelona

Nanjing-Wuhan Chongqing-Chengdu Tokyo-Nagoya

Tokyo-Sendai Tokyo-Niigata London-?

Future Impacts:

Spain plans to ensure that 90 % of its inhabitants have access to an HSR station within 50 km of their home

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Asia & Oceania European Union Latin America and Caribbean

MENA North America Sub-Saharan Africa

2013 Imports 4124.311233 13621.554137 240.235219 617.792124 1454.304843 448.75401

2013 Ex-ports

4461.509273 8088.489012 448.524594 1192.944155 3182.075243 455.553158

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West Midlands Trade by Partner Region2013 Source: HMRC & WMEF

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