Overseas Trade: Libya

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the value of British (a) exports to and (b) imports from Libya was in each of the last five years. (247221)

Data on recorded trade in goods with Libya are shown in the following table:

*£ million*
	UK export of goods to Libya	UK import of goods from Libya
2003	241	202
2004	216	196
2005	211	356
2006	203	592
2007	232	580
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 2008 were:

*£ million*
	UK exports of services to Libya	UK imports of service from Libya
2006	167	56
2007	194	88

Volume 486: debated on Thursday 15 January 2009