b'4. Falsehood: A member state of the EU will always export more to EU states than will a non-member state.Many make the mistaken assumption that a member state of the European Union will always export more to countries within that union than will a non-member state.Switzerland has an economy less than one quarter the size of ours. Switzerland is not a member of the European Union. Nevertheless, Switzerland exports to the EU more per person than does the UK to the tune of four and a half times. Table 41Exports to the EU fromthe UK compared with Switzerland Exorts per capita Total exports to the Population in Exports per YearCountry multiple EU in billionsmillions capitaSwitzerland : UK UK217.962.3 3,497.6 20094.8x Switzerland130.07.7 16,883.1 UK246.162.8 3,918.8 20104.5xSwitzerland139.07.8 17,820.5 UK267.563.3 4,225.9 20114.5x Switzerland150.47.9 19,038.0 UK274.563.7 4,309 20124.8x Switzerland166.98.0 20,862.5 UK264.964.1 4,132.6 20134.7xSwitzerland157.0 8.119,382.7Average 2009- 20134.6xSources: ONS, HMRC and Eurostat91'