Sudan: 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 Sudan was in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008. (265469)

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

*£ million*
	UK exports of goods to Sudan	UK imports of goods from Sudan
2007	115	21
2008	142	5

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

*£ million*
	UK exports of services to Sudan	UK imports of services from Sudan
2007	35	35

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

Volume 490: debated on Monday 23 March 2009