"Figure 3: COVID-19 related transport restrictions are the main exporting and importing challenges","" "Percentage of businesses continuing to trade, whose financial performance was outside normal expectations, reporting to have traded in the past 12 months, traded during COVID-19, broken down by industry, UK, 20 April to 3 May 2020","" "","" "Notes","1. Final results, wave four of the ONS Business Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Survey (BICS). UK businesses responding to the Business Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Survey (BICS) who were continuing to trade domestically and internationally and whose financial performance was outside normal expectations (n=898 exp, n=1,174 imp) 2. Results are removed where percentage less than 1% or industry count less than 10. 3. Percentages do not sum to 100% because of firm's ability to select multiple options." "Unit","%" "","" "Workforce size","No challenges","Other","Border restrictions","Closure of infrastructure","Including transportation costs","COVID-related transport restrictions" "All Industries - Exports","29.5","6.2","16.6","14.4","20.9","34.4" "Imports","21.0","7.2","11.4","12.4","18.2","31.4" "Manufacturing - Exports","31.9","4.0","16.7","12.9","24.0","34.0" "Imports","20.6%","6.6","10.9","10.1","18.8","31.1" "Water supply sewerage waste management
and remediation activities - Exports","18.2","0.0","36.4","9.1","27.3","54.5" "Imports","","","","","","" "Construction - Exports","","","","","","" "Imports","11.1","11.1","18.5","14.8","14.8","33.3" "Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor
vehicles and motorcycles - Exports","26.7","5.9","18.8","19.3","24.8","41.6" "Imports","21.1","7.9","10.8","15.6","20.6","35.4" "Accommodation and food service
activities - Exports","","","","","","" "Imports","46.2","7.7","0.0","0.0","0.0","15.4" "Transportation and storage - Exports","14.6","0.0","29.3","29.3","36.6","58.5" "Imports","20.0","2.0","28.0","32.0","30.0","50.0" "Information and communication - Exports","38.4","9.6","9.6","8.2","6.8","20.5" "Imports","22.8","7.6","2.5","2.5","11.4","17.7" "Professional scientific and technical
activities - Exports","35.1","13.5","12.2","6.8","6.8","20.3" "Imports","23.2","7.2","14.5","10.1","14.5","29.0" "Administrative and support
service activities - Exports","26.2","14.3","19.0","21.4","14.3","40.5" "Imports","18.2","11.4","11.4","15.9","11.4","27.3" "Education - Exports","7.1","14.3","7.1","0.0","0.0","21.4" "Imports","26.3","5.3","5.3","5.3","5.3","10.5" "Human health and social work
activities - Exports","","","","","","" "Imports","25.0","8.3","8.3","0.0","8.3","8.3" "Arts entertainment and recreation - Exports","","","","","","" "Imports","","","","","",""