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Written question asked by Lord Barker of Battle (Conservative) on Wednesday, 6 December 2017, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 20 December 2017. It was answered by Baroness Fairhead (Conservative) on Tuesday, 19 December 2017 on behalf of the Department for International Trade.

Trade Missions

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many trade missions were undertaken by ministers in 2017; and what was the destination of each mission.

Answer

The Department for International Trade undertook 139 trade missions outside of the United Kingdom in 2017, in 43 countries as follows:

Australia, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ethiopia, Estonia, France, Germany, Ghana, Guinea, India, Iran, Ireland, Japan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United States, Vietnam, and Zambia.

Of these missions, eight were supported by the Department’s Ministers, in eight countries as follows:

Ethiopia, Uganda (Secretary of State for International Trade, Rt Hon Liam Fox)

China (Minister of State for Trade & Export Promotion, Baroness Fairhead)

Spain, United States (Minister of State for Trade Policy, Rt. Hon Greg Hands)

France, Germany, India (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Investment, Mark Garnier)

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL3924
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Trade missions
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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