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date	17/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Iraq
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent steps his Department has taken to promote bilateral trade between the UK and Iraq; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	60312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade (DIT) are actively building bilateral trade links between the UK and Iraq, supported by the work of the Iraq Britain Business Council and the PM Trade Envoy to Iraq Baroness Nicholson.</p><p>The Ambassador regularly raises trade issues with Prime Minister Abadi and in the last six weeks, along with DIT colleagues, has met with the President of Iraq and the Ministers of Electricity, Construction, Oil and Transport to support commercial opportunities for British companies. As a result, DIT has helped British companies win significant contracts in the air services, security and infrastructure sectors, with British companies competing for more business.</p><p>The full range of medium and long-term UK Export Finance (UKEF) facilities is available to support UK exports to Iraq. UKEF has received expressions of interest from a number of businesses across a range of sectors. In December, UKEF supported UK exporter Biwater to deliver water treatment solutions in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 20/01/2017 14:48:05 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

674401

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date	17/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Promotion: Central America
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2016 to Question 47641, on Trade promotion: Central America, what campaigns have received resources to access high-value sectors in Central America; and what resources each of those campaigns has received.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	60291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2017 answer text <p>Central America and Mexico are currently part of the following high value trade campaigns: Automotive, Defence, Technology, Airports, Education, Financial Services, Food &amp; Drink, Healthcare, Mining, Oil &amp; Gas, Railways and Water. The Department for International Trade (DIT) resource delivering these campaigns includes staff time and business development activity. The level of resource varies according to the scale of the opportunity for UK companies to export to each market.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 25/01/2017 15:25:33 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

674402

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Promotion: Central America
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, where in Central America has a permanent UK trade office.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	60250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2017 answer text <p>Central America sits within the Department for International Trade's (DIT) Latin America regional directorate. DIT currently has staff in 12 countries in the region. Following the machinery of government changes after the appointment of the Prime Minister in July 2016, updated details of Trade Offices will be published in due course. In the meantime, details can be found within the Exporting country guides on Gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 25/01/2017 13:50:19 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

674404

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on exporters from developing countries.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	60204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member for North East Fife to the answer I gave him on 23 January 2017, UIN: 59936.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 25/01/2017 13:48:59 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins