Under current plans, the allocation of UKTI staff across these markets for the last three years and next three years is as set out in the following table. UKTI will continue to review how it can best deliver against its objectives across the network, including in the markets listed in the following table:
2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 China 87.74 94.63 98.75 106.05 113 113 Vietnam 11.71 11.43 11.45 10.70 12.75 12.75 India 81.26 76.12 76.34 80.34 91.34 91.34 Saudi Arabia 21.08 20.86 13.9 15.9 15.9 15.9 Malaysia 20.8 20.71 18.18 18.18 18.18 18.18 Russia 17.19 17.92 16 20 26.5 26.5 Brazil 51.11 39.13 39 42 45 45 Gulf States 46.94 46.36 41.32 45.49 43.29 43.29
Expressed as Full-Time Equivalents (FTE), there are current 342.7 staff engaged in trade and investment work in the European Union (288.35 on trade development and 54.35 on inward investment work). In the USA, where UKTI has a fully integrated trade and inward investment network, there are129 staff engaged on UKTI work.
In order to deploy increased UKTI resources in the emerging markets as required in UKTI’s strategy “prosperity in a Changing World”, published in July 2006, UKTI’s resources in the EU and USA in the period through to 2008 will reduce by 9.5 per cent. and 13 per cent. respectively. It is not possible to predict how resources will change over 36 months.
The UK’s traditional markets are changing and UKTI’s strategy, based on extensive consultation, is adopting a new approach in such countries. For example, a “hub and spoke” arrangement is being introduced in some parts of the overseas network, to provide a more cost-effective and integrated service to British business. In the USA, resources will be better focused on the US states which offer real export or inward investment opportunities for the UK. Although there have been reductions in some parts of the US network, we are strengthening UKTI’s teams in California and Florida, to reflect their importance for British business.