Items export values by Welsh companies have recovered past pre-pandemic ranges and totalled £19.4 billion for the 12 months ending September 2022 , a rise of greater than a 3rd in comparison with the earlier 12-month interval and £1.7 billion increased than the 12 months ending September 2019.
The most recent provisional figures present Welsh items exporters have demonstrated important resilience amid ongoing challenges within the world buying and selling atmosphere, from the battle in Ukraine to foreign money instability and the elevated prices of delivery and vitality.
Spectrum Applied sciences Ltd
Inspiring companies to take up exporting, the place it’s proper for them, has proved to be a key a part of this. The Welsh Authorities’s Export Exemplars marketing campaign highlights profitable exporters, whereas intensive help is on the market to companies with the potential to commerce internationally through the New Exporter programme.
Commerce missions and exhibitions in markets throughout North America, Europe, the Center East and Asia have additionally enabled firms to satisfy potential prospects in-person, whereas Wales’ success in qualifying for the lads’s FIFA World Cup offered a platform to have fun and promote Welsh exporters throughout the globe.
On-line help has additionally been enhanced via the Export Hub, a digital platform hosted by Enterprise Wales that provides firms entry to a complete useful resource of professional export info.
Among the many Welsh firms to have loved latest export success due to Welsh Authorities commerce help are Bridgend-based corporations TBD Owen Holland Ltd and Spectrum Applied sciences Ltd.
Spectrum developed know-how which helped NASA launch essentially the most highly effective area rocket in historical past, Artemis 1, in November, in a bid to return mankind to the moon for the primary time in 50 years. Spectrum usually exports over 95% of its output yearly, and is the world market chief within the growth, manufacture and provide of specialist UV laser wire marking gear to the worldwide aerospace trade.
Dr Peter Dickinson, Managing Director at Spectrum Applied sciences, stated:
“For the final 30 years we have now been exporting greater than 95% of our merchandise to the worldwide aerospace and electronics sectors. Along with all of the plane which might be manufactured world wide utilizing our know-how, we’re very proud that our gear is getting used extensively within the manufacturing of area launch techniques and interplanetary probes in help of area exploration. Since beginning up in Bridgend in 1990, we have now acquired important help from the Welsh Authorities. We very a lot respect the help that we have now acquired, each previous and current, to additional our export actions.”
TBD Owen Holland Ltd, which producers plane floor help gear for main worldwide airways, achieved £2.3 million in new export offers with international locations together with Germany, Israel, the USA, and Belgium.
Vicki Heycock, Finance Director at TBD, stated:
“Our enterprise continues to increase via the availability of merchandise to all areas of the globe. The rebound in demand over the last 12 months has exceeded our expectations and we anticipate this to proceed in 2023 regardless of the gloomy financial outlook. Our continued dedication to funding in innovation throughout our product vary is a key consider our means to fulfill worldwide markets.”
iVendi Ltd, in Colwyn Bay, is one other firm to have benefitted from Welsh Authorities export help. It gained a brand new multi-million pound contract in Germany for the usage of its monetary automotive sector software program. It streamlines automotive gross sales and finance packages with dealerships, and consists of instruments to allow the retailing of automobiles on-line.
James Tew, CEO at iVendi, stated:
“We now have been delighted by the help from the Welsh Authorities export group. It’s actually helped us entry very important info with regards market intelligence and determine potential targets. This in flip has helped us speed up our plans internationally.”
The Welsh Authorities stays steadfast in its ambition to drive additional progress in Welsh exports, significantly with the worth of products exports from Wales probably a lot decrease than would have been the case within the absence of the numerous challenges at present affecting commerce.
Financial system Minister, Vaughan Gething stated:
“International points have had a serious affect on Welsh exporters already contending with the problems caused by the UK’s exit from the EU and the Covid pandemic. Regardless of this, we’re persevering with to ship our formidable Export Motion Plan, as a part of our Programme for Authorities, and it’s testomony to our exporting companies that Wales’ export efficiency has exceeded its worth earlier than the Coronavirus pandemic.
“Wales has a lot to supply the world, and we’ll proceed to work carefully with our export help ecosystem to help companies in Wales develop their worldwide commerce and to construct on the strong platform that has been laid over the past twelve months.
“Exporting is usually a pathway to future prosperity for Wales, however the world buying and selling market stays unpredictable, and our financial system remains to be recovering. We want to have the ability to react and reply to world situations to greatest help the wants of companies on a journey to export success.”
Mae gwerth y nwyddau mae busnesau Cymru wedi’u hallforio wedi adfer i lefelau uwch na chyn y pandemig – cyfanswm o £19.4 biliwn ar gyfer y flwyddyn a ddaeth i ben fis Medi 2022, a chynnydd o fwy na thraean o’i gymharu â’r 12 mis diwethaf, ac £1.7 biliwn yn uwch na’r flwyddyn a ddaeth i ben fis Medi 2019, mae Gweinidog yr Economi, Vaughan Gething wedi cyhoeddi.
Mae’r ffigurau dros dro diweddaraf yn dangos bod busnesau sy’n allforio nwyddau o Gymru wedi dangos cryn gadernid yn wyneb heriau parhaus yn yr amgylchedd masnachu byd-eang, o’r rhyfel yn Wcráin i ansefydlogrwydd arian cyfred a chostau cludo ac ynni uwch.
Mae ysbrydoli busnesau i allforio, pan mai dyma’r peth cywir iddynt ei wneud, wedi bod yn rhan allweddol o hyn. Mae Ymgyrch Esiamplau Allforio Llywodraeth Cymru yn tynnu sylw at allforwyr llwyddiannus, ac mae cymorth dwys ar gael i fusnesau sydd â’r potensial i fasnachu’n rhyngwladol drwy’r Rhaglen Allforwyr Newydd.
Mae teithiau masnach ac arddangosfeydd mewn marchnadoedd ar attracts Gogledd America, Ewrop, y Dwyrain Canol ac Asia hefyd wedi helpu cwmnïau i gwrdd â chwsmeriaid posibl wyneb yn wyneb, a rhoddwyd platfform ar gyfer dathlu a hyrwyddo allforwyr Cymru ledled y byd o ganlyniad i dîm pêl-droed dynion Cymru yn cyrraedd Cwpan y Byd FIFA.
Mae cymorth ar-lein hefyd wedi cael ei wella drwy’r Hyb Allforio, platfform digidol sy’n cael ei gynnal gan Fusnes Cymru sy’n cynnig mynediad at adnodd cynhwysfawr o wybodaeth allforio arbenigol ar gyfer cwmnïau.
Ymhlith y cwmnïau o Gymru sydd wedi mwynhau llwyddiannau allforio’n ddiweddar, diolch i gymorth masnach gan Lywodraeth Cymru, mae’r cwmnïau o Ben-y-bont ar Ogwr TBD Owen Holland Ltd a Spectrum Applied sciences Ltd.
Mae Spectrum wedi datblygu technoleg a helpodd NASA i lansio’r roced gofod fwyaf pwerus erioed, Artemis 1, ym mis Tachwedd, er mwyn ceisio mynd â phobl yn ôl i’r lleuad am y tro cyntaf ers 50 mlynedd. Fel arfer mae Spectrum yn allforio dros 95% o’i gynhyrchion bob blwyddyn, ac mae’n arwain y byd ym maes datblygu, gweithgynhyrchu a chyflenwi supply marcio weiar laser UV arbenigol ar gyfer y diwydiant awyrofod byd-eang.
Dywedodd Dr Peter Dickinson, Rheolwr Gyfarwyddwr Spectrum Applied sciences:
“Am y 30 mlynedd diwethaf rydym wedi bod yn allforio mwy na 95 y cant o’n cynhyrchion i’r sectorau awyrofod ac electroneg byd-eang. Yn ogystal â’r holl awyrennau sy’n cael eu cynhyrchu ledled y byd gan ddefnyddio ein technoleg, rydym yn falch iawn bod ein hoffer yn cael ei ddefnyddio’n helaeth wrth gynhyrchu systemau lansio i’r gofod a chwiliedyddion rhyngblanedol i gefnogi gwaith archwilio’r gofod. Ers dechrau ym Mhen-y-bont ar Ogwr yn 1990, rydym wedi cael cymorth sylweddol gan Lywodraeth Cymru. Rydym yn gwerthfawrogi’n fawr y cymorth a gawsom, yn y gorffennol a’r presennol, i hyrwyddo ein gweithgareddau allforio.”
Gwnaeth TBD Holland LTD, sy’n gweithgynhyrchu supply cymorth ar y ddaear i awyrennau ar gyfer cwmnïau hedfan rhyngwladol mawr, ennill contractau allforio newydd gwerth £2.3 miliwn gyda gwledydd sy’n cynnwys yr Almaen, Israel, UDA a Gwlad Belg.
Dywedodd Vicki Heycock, Cyfarwyddwr Cyllid TBD:
“Mae’n busnes yn parhau i dyfu ac rydym yn dosbarthu ein cynnyrch i bob ban byd. Mae’r cynnydd yn y galw dros y 12 mis diwethaf wedi bod yn llawer mwy na’r disgwyl a rhagwelwn y bydd hyn yn parhau yn 2023 a hynny er gwaethaf y rhagolygon economaidd gwael. Mae’n hymrwymiad parhaus i fuddsoddi mewn arloesedd ar attracts ein dewis o gynnyrch yn sicr yn ffactor allweddol ar gyfer bodloni marchnadoedd rhyngwladol.”
Mae iVendi Ltd ym Mae Colwyn yn gwmni arall sydd wedi elwa ar gymorth allforio gan Lywodraeth Cymru. Enillodd gontract newydd yn yr Almaen gwerth miliynau o bunnoedd ar gyfer defnyddio ei feddalwedd ariannol ar gyfer y sector modurol. Mae’n symleiddio gwerthiannau ceir a phecynnau ariannu gyda delwriaethau cerbydau, ac mae’n cynnwys offerynnau i alluogi gwerthu cerbydau ar-lein.
Dywedodd James Tew, Prif Swyddog Gweithredol iVendi:
“Mae’r cymorth rydyn ni wedi’i dderbyn gan dîm allforio Llywodraeth Cymru wedi bod yn wych. Mae wir wedi’n helpu ni i gael mynediad at wybodaeth hanfodol am y farchnad a nodi targedau posibl. Mae hyn wedi’n helpu ni i gyflymu ein cynlluniau rhyngwladol.”
Mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn parhau i fod wedi ymrwymo i’w huchelgais i ysgogi rhagor o dwf yn sector allforio Cymru, yn enwedig gan fod gwerth nwyddau sy’n cael eu hallforio o Gymru yn is nag y byddent wedi bod oni bai am yr heriau sylweddol sy’n effeithio ar fasnach ar hyn o bryd.
Dywedodd Gweinidog yr Economi, Vaughan Gething:
“Mae problemau byd-eang wedi cael effaith sylweddol ar allforwyr Cymru sydd eisoes yn ymdrin â’r problemau a ddaeth o ganlyniad i’r DU yn gadael yr UE a phandemig COVID. Er hyn, rydyn ni’n parhau i gyflawni ein Cynllun Gweithredu uchelgeisiol ar Allforio, fel rhan o’n Rhaglen Lywodraethu, ac mae’r ffaith bod gwerth allforion Cymru bellach yn uwch na chyn pandemig y coronafeirws yn dangos cryfder ein busnesau allforio.
“Mae gan Gymru gymaint i’w gynnig i’r byd, a byddwn yn gweithio’n agos gyda’n hecosystemau cymorth allforio i helpu busnesau yng Nghymru i ddatblygu eu masnach ryngwladol ac i adeiladau ar y sylfaen gadarn sydd wedi cael ei hadeiladu dros y 12 mis diwethaf.
“Gall allforio fod yn llwybr i ddyfodol ffyniannus i Gymru, ond nid oes modd rhagweld y sefyllfa o ran masnachu byd-eang, ac mae ein heconomi yn parhau i fod yn y broses adfer. Mae angen inni allu adweithio ac ymateb i amodau byd-eang, er mwyn diwallu orau anghenion busnesau sydd ar daith i lwyddiant allforio.”
