Take part in Scotland's official trade survey
10,000 businesses across Scotland have been invited to take part in the Scottish Government’s Global Connections Survey (GCS) 2022 & 2023.
If you own a business in Scotland, we want to invite YOU to take part.
GCS is the official trade survey of Scottish businesses, and is one of the key data sources for official estimates of Scotland’s exports published in Export Statistics Scotland.
A common concern businesses have is that the survey is not relevant to them. We want to highlight that we are interested in businesses with any customers not usually based in Scotland – including other parts of the UK. This includes providing a service to a customer not based in Scotland.
The data we get from GCS is important. It is used to monitor the National Indicator on ‘International Exporting’, which shows us how Scotland is progressing towards its export target. It contributes to the export growth plan, A Trading Nation, and will allow this analysis to be updated and monitored to inform international trade policy. Ultimately, this data allows us to identify opportunities to develop policies that support Scottish businesses in exporting goods and services to more markets.
We want to encourage as many people to take part in the survey as possible, because this will increase the quality of the data available, giving us more useful information about Scotland’s exports.
Trade statisticians have been working to improve the survey by making it shorter and enhancing how the data is entered for some questions, making it easier to complete than in previous years.
You can access the survey by following this link (https://procxed.scotxed.net/GC) and using the username and password provided in your invitation letter to take part.
If you have questions or need support to complete the survey, we are here to help. You can contact the Trade Statistics team by calling 0300 244 0330 or emailing exports.statistics@gov.scot.
