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date	02/09/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Exports: Solihull
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to ease barriers to exports for medium-sized businesses in Solihull constituency.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	45857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2022 answer text <p>Through the Export Strategy, the Department for International Trade (DIT) is targeting the barriers affecting small-and-medium sized businesses (SMEs) by providing a single point of contact for businesses who export or wish to do so. SMEs also benefit from the Internationalisation Fund, having so far attracted around 4,400 applications and allocated around £21M in funding.</p><p> </p><p>DIT work with businesses to reduce trade barriers and secure world-class free trade agreements, supporting British business to take full advantage of trade opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>DIT has directly assisted Solihull based Evac+Chair, a globally renowned manufacturer of evacuation chairs, with market access issues into both Spain and USA resulting in their business growth.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr Marcus Fysh question first answered 29/09/2022 10:33:24 answering member 4446 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Fysh
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

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date	02/09/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Coffee: Import Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether any tariffs apply to imports of processed coffee as of 2 September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	45863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2022 answer text <p>Coffee tariffs range between 0.00% and 8.00% depending on characteristics such as whether the coffee is roasted or decaffeinated and they apply to imports that do not qualify for preferential treatment, for example under a Free Trade Agreement or through the UK Generalised Scheme of Preference (GSP). Businesses can check which tariffs apply to their goods on the Online Tariff Tool (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/trade-tariff" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/trade-tariff</a>).</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 27/09/2022 09:58:14 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight