"Figure 4: Across all industries, businesses indicated that a variety of options would help meet exporting and importing challenges ","" "Percentage of businesses that are continuing to trade, whose financial performance is outside normal expectations, traded during COVID-19, experienced challenges, in the past two weeks, reporting potential support , 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 option. 4. “None of the above” was also an option but is not reflected in the chart." "Unit","%" "","" "Industry","Other","Licenses","Customs/tariffs","Legal","Transport/distribution","Contacts/customers","Finding markets /finding supply chains","Understanding markets/demand","Financial" "All Industries - Exports","2.4","7.4","16.1","5.7","14.4","7.9","9.6","9.8","20.5" "Imports","1.7","4.0","12.7","3.9","12.5","4.3","7.4","6.4","" "Manufacturing - Exports","1.0","9.8","17.5","6.6","16.8","7.7","9.4","9.8","19.9" "Imports","","3.3","11.6","3.9","13.2","4.4","8.8","6.3","" "Water supply sewerage waste management
and remediation activities - Exports","","","","","","","","","" "Imports","","","","","","","","","" "Construction - Exports","","","","","","","","","" "Imports","0.0","8.3","16.7","8.3","8.3","4.2","8.3","8.3","" "Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor
vehicles and motorcycles - Exports","1.4","6.1","20.9","4.1","15.5","9.5","12.2","12.2","22.3" "Imports","1.3","3.7","17.1","3.0","14.7","4.0","7.4","6.7","" "Accommodation and food service
activities - Exports","","","","","","","","","" "Imports","","","","","","","","","" "Transportation and storage - Exports","0.0","5.7","22.9","8.6","17.1","2.9","5.7","8.6","40.0" "Imports","2.5","7.5","12.5","7.5","12.5","10.0","7.5","12.5","" "Information and communication - Exports","6.7","6.7","4.4","2.2","4.4","11.1","4.4","11.1","11.1" "Imports","4.9","6.6","6.6","6.6","11.5","1.6","1.6","3.3","" "Professional scientific and technical
activities - Exports","8.3","4.2","6.3","2.1","8.3","4.2","4.2","8.3","8.3" "Imports","5.7","3.8","11.3","0.0","9.4","1.9","1.9","5.7","" "Administrative and support
service activities - Exports","3.2","3.2","3.2","6.5","6.5","12.9","19.4","6.5","32.3" "Imports","2.8","0.0","5.6","2.8","0.0","2.8","0.0","0.0","" "Education - Exports","0.0","0.0","7.7","7.7","0.0","0.0","0.0","0.0","15.4" "Imports","0.0","7.1","7.1","0.0","7.1","7.1","7.1","0.0","" "Human health and social work
activities - Exports","","","","","","","","","" "Imports","","","","","","","","","" "Arts entertainment and recreation - Exports","","","","","","","","","" "Imports","","","","","","","","",""