# Trade and productivity across regions- Understanding the dynamic and casual links

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Department for International Trade.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [Department for International Trade](/buyers/department-for-international-trade/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [Aston University](/suppliers/aston-university/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £148,000
- Tender value: £148,000
- Award date: 1 March 2024
- Published: 7 March 2024
- Contract start: 1 March 2024
- Contract end: 14 April 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 15f4e3bb-6d46-48d4-b623-c23439668027-730174
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-c8a7ed91-834a-4c80-ac8f-1fa189987d0c

## Description

The project aims to comprehensively analyse UK firms' export capability across different regions in recent years\. Building on previous and ongoing research funded and supported by the Economic and Social Research Centre \(ESRC\) and BEIS through Enterprise Research Centre and the Productivity Institute \(PI\) on Non-Tariff Measures \(NTMs\) and export dynamics, this project aims to understand how NTMs might have affected UK firms' international trading capability across different regions and what this means for UK productivity\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/15f4e3bb-6d46-48d4-b623-c23439668027-730174)