those which have seen their volumes decline. While the grown on balance since the pandemic's inception. In the case of the EU, 49% of the sample suggest that export balance is positive, it has not been a universal experience of export growth to these 1st tier markets. reporting lower sales over the same period, resulting in a 'Second tier' markets, such as Australia, New Zealand, the wider EEA, India and Japan, show net positive balance Similar is observed in the US, with a net positive balance those seeing them decrease by +23%. The Canadian markets, as can be seen in the lower half of Chart 4, This data shows that, for these 1st tier export markets, markets, or are considering selling into these markets but