To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what percentage of UK trade was with (a) the Baltic states and (b) each Baltic state in the latest period for which figures are available. (81571)

The percentage of total UK trade with the Baltic states in 2005 was 0.34 per cent. The percentage of total UK trade in 2005 with Estonia was 0.10; with Latvia 0.16 per cent. and with Lithuania 0.09 per cent.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of how UK trade with (a) the Baltic states and (b) each Baltic state has developed since they joined the EU. (81572)

The information is as follows.

(a) Total UK trade with the Baltic states increased from £1,482 million in 2003 to £1,647 million in 2005, representing an increase of 11.2 per cent.

(b) Changes in UK trade with the individual Baltic states since EU accession are as follows: