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<p>There is considerable merit in understanding how our competitors’ export agencies
are structured and the services they offer. This is something the Exports Implementation
Taskforce, which the Secretary of State chairs, looked at in some depth in developing
a whole-of-Government approach to exports. This included, UK Trade & Investment
participating in a formal benchmarking exercise by the International Trade Centre.</p><p>Among
the key things found from these comparative reviews is that UKTI employs more people
than other countries’ export promotion agencies, but deploys less resource on practical
support for exporters (such as interim export managers). Learning from this, UKTI
is currently developing some small-scale direct practical support services and products
to see what might work in the UK.</p>
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