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glabal trends

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.
  

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.
  

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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