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Overseas Trade

Commons · Question 39651 · Tabled 19 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 27 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of Q95 of the oral evidence given by the Chief of Policy of the Confederation of British Business to the Business and Trade

Answer

Answered by Douglas Alexander, 27 Mar 2025

The EU is a significant trading partner for both goods and services. In the 12 months ending September 2024, the UK’s total trade with the EU was 5% below the level seen in 2018, after removing the effect of inflation and excluding precious metals. We wil...