Written question asked by Sammy Wilson (Democratic Unionist Party) on Friday, 26 January 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 30 January 2024. It was answered by Greg Hands (Conservative) on Monday, 5 February 2024 on behalf of the Department for Business and Trade.

Cyprus: Investment and Overseas Trade

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department plans to produce a trade and investment factsheet for trade with the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

Original answer: UK trade statistics from the Office for National Statistics, which provide most of the headline information shown in the trade and investment factsheets, do not include figures identifying UK trade with the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. It is therefore not possible to produce a separate trade and investment factsheet.

The answer was corrected by Greg Hands (Conservative)

on Tuesday, 13 February 2024 on behalf of the Department for Business and Trade.

Corrected answer: In accordance with the rest of the international community, with the sole exception of Turkey, the UK does not recognise the self-declared "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" as an independent state. UK trade statistics from the Office for National Statistics, which provide most of the headline information shown in the trade and investment factsheets, do not include figures identifying UK trade with the north of Cyprus ~~self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus~~. It is therefore not possible to produce a separate trade and investment factsheet.

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