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Colombia: Overseas Trade

Volume 490: debated on Monday 23 March 2009

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the volume of trade between the UK and Colombia was in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008. (265470)

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

£ million

UK exports of goods to Columbia

UK imports of goods from Columbia

2007

140

370

2008

156

651

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

£ million

UK exports of services to Columbia

UK imports of services from Columbia

2007

70

37

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