Written question asked by Viscount Waverley (Crossbench) on Tuesday, 24 July 2018, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 7 August 2018. It was answered by Baroness Fairhead (Conservative) on Wednesday, 8 August 2018 on behalf of the Department for International Trade.

Exports

Question: To ask Her Majesty's Government which markets of interest to the UK’s private sector exporters are restricted by (1) a sanctions regime, or (2) the UK’s foreign policy which limits ministerial support for those exporters.

Answer

HMG actively promotes international trade within a rules based international order. Maintaining this sometimes requires the application of sanctions. The UK currently implements multilateral trade sanctions set by the UN, EU, and OSCE relating to:

Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Burma, Central African Republic, China, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, North Korea, Russia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Ukraine, Venezuela, Yemen, and Zimbabwe.

These sanctions regimes contain measures which may restrict the activities of UK exporters.

There are no policy restrictions on Ministerial support for exporters to markets not otherwise subject to sanctions.

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Type: Written question
Reference: HL9901
Session: 2017-19
Subjects: Exports Foreign policy Sanctions
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

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