UK trade disrupted by volcano in April

UK trade disrupted by volcano in April

Due to the volcanic eruption on Iceland, UK trading is on its behind, watching as the volcanic ash cloud fails to leave the UK airspace and therefore have bound everybody and everything to the ground. The trade, however, rose slightly to £7.28bn, from £7.26bn in April, after imports fell by 0.4pc to £28.6bn, and exports slipped 0.6pc to £21.3bn. The Office for National Statistics said it was impossible to estimate the exact impact of the volcanic ash cloud on imports and exports. It said that non – EU trade was likely to have been more affected by this than EU trade, because a greater proportion of goods are transported by air to those countries.


Source: Retrieved June 10th, 2010
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/7814885/UK-trade-disrupted-by-volcano-in-April.html

My reaction:
In the months April and May a lot of plains where cancelled because of the volcanic ash cloud and trade by air was not possible. Therefore in this time of economic crisis I am glad to hear that the UK economic seems to be doing somewhat better in spite of the volcanic ash cloud. Who could have imagined, that it would be possible to make a profit or a rise for the better (economic wise), in spite of the ash cloud