Afraid dweud, dros y 18 mis diwethaf mae masnach ryngwladol, ynghyd â busnesau yng Nghymru, wedi profi anawsterau mawr yn sgil effeithiau cyfunol COVID-19 a’r gofynion masnachu cymhlethach â’r UE, ein partner masnachu mwyaf. Adlewyrchir hyn yn yr ystadegau allforio dros dro diweddaraf, sy'n dangos bod gwerth allforion nwyddau o Gymru o £13.5 biliwn yn y flwyddyn a ddaeth i ben ym mis Mehefin 2021, i lawr £2.0 biliwn (13.1%) o'i gymharu â'r flwyddyn a ddaeth i ben ym mis Mehefin 2020 ac i lawr £4.3 biliwn (24.1%) o'i gymharu â'r flwyddyn a ddaeth i ben ym mis Mehefin 2019.
Clearly, the past 18 months has seen unprecedented challenges for international trade, including for businesses in Wales, with the combined impacts of COVID-19 and more complex trading requirements with the EU, our largest trading partner. This is reflected in the most recent provisional export statistics, which show the value of goods exports for Wales was £13.5 billion in the year ending June 2021, down £2.0 billion (13.1%) compared to the year ending June 2020 (and down £4.3 billion (24.1%) compared to the year ending June 2019).