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for consumption abroad activities, making both Modes 1 and 4 the most dynamic means of exporting services to the UK, outside of Mode 3 for which no comparison can be made due to lack of data. The absence of Mode 3 data also does not allow for a more in-depth assessment of the switching capabilities of UK services providers across modes, with the existing evidence now skewed towards a reallocation between Modes 1 and 2 supply for the Manufacturing, Maintenance and Repair and Transportation services, while switching was more feasible between Modes 1 and 4 in all remaining sectors, except Travel.

7.5 Summary of Sectoral Analysis

It is interesting to note that across both the UK’s imports and exports of services a number of dominant themes appear to emerge, as it relates to the flow of specific services across borders. In the first instance, there appears to be a high concentration of Mode 2 activities in the travel, manufacturing, maintenance and repair, transportation and other business services categories, in descending order, with a similar density of flows evident across both imports and exports.

Figure 19: Summary of Imports and Exports by Mode of Supply

Similarly, Mode 1 services supply was also absent from both the UK’s imports and exports of travel services, demonstrating a “natural” limitation to the supply of such services cross border

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