article_snippet.sent: British exports to the rest of the world are surging ahead of those to the European Union, official figures showed yesterday.
article_snippet.sent: It is the first time since records began that such sales of UK goods have outstripped those to EU for six months in a row.
article_snippet.sent: Previously EU have beaten EU exports on a quarterly basis – or three months
article_snippet.sent: Britain has exported more goods to Europe than the rest of the world since the UK joined the Common Market in the 1970s.
article_snippet.sent: Exports to the Continent were worth £147.9billion in 2014 compared with £144.9billion to non-EU countries.
article_snippet.sent: At the same time, sales of goods stamped 'Made in Britain' to the rest of the world were up 4.2 per cent to £37.9billion.
article_snippet.sent: Under the Coalition led by David Cameron, exports to the Continent were worth £147.9billion in 2014 compared with £144.9billion to non-EU countries .
article_snippet.sent: Meanwhile the pound has risen by nearly 20 per cent against the euro in the last two years – making the pound more expensive for buyers in the single currency bloc to buy goods made in British factories.
highlights_snippet.sent: Sales of UK goods to 'rest of the world' have outstripped Europe for first time .
  