"The true picture is striking: the maritime sector in Scotland is a £10bn turnover business. “That’s comparable with many of the other higher-profile sectors,” Lang says, and it is 23 per cent of the UK industry. Its economic contribution or gross value added is £3.6bn or 25 per cent of the UK industry’s GVA and between 40,000 and 50,000 jobs."
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