Share of global pharmaceutical exports

In 2010 the UK was 4th in the overall global trade balance in pharmaceuticals, reporting a $9.7 billion trade surplus. Just ten years later, the UK is 98th in the global trade balance of pharmaceuticals, with a greater than $1 billion trade deficit.

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