Firms across Coventry and Warwickshire have begun 2015 with a positive export drive.
Figures from the Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce’s international trade hub show that there has been strong uptake of its export documentation service in the first two months of the year.
More than £32 million worth of orders have been completed worldwide by companies across the region with the help of the service in January and February.
That, said Gurpaal Virdee, of the Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce, is indicative of improving export figures generally.
He said: “We are delighted that this service continues to benefit exporters across Coventry and Warwickshire – from small businesses to larger, global brands.
“Growing our exports is vital to growing the economy and assistance such as this make it much easier for companies to do business abroad.
“Turkey, for example, is becoming an increasingly popular market and we offer special documentation for companies wanting to export there which allows any EU company to trade with Turkey without tariffs.
“In February alone, we issued 45 export documents to clients trading with Turkey.
“That put Turkey in the top five trading markets for companies utilising the export documentation service. The other four were the Ivory Coast, the UAE, Russia and Saudi Arabia which highlights the diversity of markets companies from this region are trading with.”
As well as export documentation, the Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce’s international trade hub also delivers the UK Trade & Investment contract in the region.
That includes advice and support for exporting firms as well as arranging market visits and trade missions.