"Figure 6: The proportions of businesses experiencing challenges in importing and exporting are broadly unchanged since January 2021 ","" "Proportion of businesses currently trading that are experiencing a challenge in importing or exporting, who had exported or imported in the last 12 months and who reported how exports or imports compared with normal expectations, weighted by count, UK, 17 to 30 May 2021","" "","" "Notes","1. Final weighted results, Waves 20 to 32 of the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS’) Business Insights and Conditions Survey (BICS). 2. Caution should be taken when interpreting these results based on the specific routing of this question meaning that only a small number of businesses responded. 3. Businesses were asked for their experiences for the reference period for each wave, however, for questions regarding the last two weeks, businesses may respond from the point of completion of the questionnaire. 4. Data are plotted in the middle of the two week reference period. " "Unit","%" "","" "Wave","Exporting challenges","Importing challenges" "06/12/2020","21.0","38.5" "20/12/2020","39.6","37.3" "03/01/2021","46.7","44.3" "17/01/2021","54.5","53.9" "31/01/2021","50.8","58.5" "14/02/2021","55.3","60.7" "28/02/2021","54.2","63.2" "14/03/2021","51.2","61.3" "28/03/2021","52.5","63.6" "11/04/2021","51.1","60.7" "25/04/2021","50.0","59.1" "09/05/2021","49.3","63.5" "23/05/2021","50.6","62.9"