Overseas Trade: Sudan

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the volume of UK-Sudan trade was in each of the last five years. (228207)

Data on recorded trade in goods with Sudan are shown in the following table.

*£ million*
	UK export of goods to Sudan	UK import of goods from Sudan
2003	88.8	6.3
2004	91.6	14.2
2005	139.7	18.1
2006	155.1	10.0
2007	114.9	20.5
Source: HMRC Overseas Trade Statistics.

Estimates of trade in services are not available for the full five years. ONS data published in the UK Balance of Payments Pink Book 2007 were as follows:

*£ million*
	UK export of services to Sudan	UK import of services from Sudan
2005	29	21
2006	31	22

Volume 481: debated on Tuesday 21 October 2008