evidence: Over half of all goods and services sold outside Northern Ireland in 2020 were to Great Britain (GB) with over 60% of goods sold coming from the Manufacturing sector. The top five Northern Ireland industries selling goods and services to GB in 2020 were - - Manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco products - Wholesale trade (except of Motor vehicles and motorcycles) [...] As in Northern Ireland, technology is an important part of the rest of GB's economy and many businesses from Northern Ireland supply customers in areas such as IT, biomedicals and pharmaceuticals. [...] Building a range of customers across different regions of GB allows Northern Ireland businesses to increase sales, and can also insulate them against any temporary downturn in one particular local market.