Burma: Overseas Trade

John Bercow

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the volume of trade between the UK and Burma was in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008. (265468)

HMRC Overseas Trade Statistics data on recorded trade in goods with Burma are shown in the following table:

*£ million*
	UK exports of goods to Burma	UK imports of goods from Burma
2007	4	28
2008	4	36

ONS data published in the UK Balance of Payments Pink Book 2008 were:

*£ million*
	UK exports of services to Burma	UK imports of services from Burma
2007	34	1

Geographical estimates of trade in services in 2008 are likely to be published on 31 July.

The UK Government discourage trade and investment with Burma. We offer no commercial services to companies wishing to trade with or invest in Burma. British companies who inquire about trade with Burma are informed of the grave political situation, the regime's atrocious record on human rights and the country's dire economic prospects.

Volume 490: debated on Monday 23 March 2009