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Sudan: 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 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.