Syria: Overseas Trade

Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (1) what the monetary value of Syrian exports to the United Kingdom was in each of the last five years; (266946)

(2) what the monetary value of trade between Syria and the UK was in each of the last five years.

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

*£ million*
	UK exports of goods to Syria	UK imports of goods from Syria
2004	89	52
2005	104	132
2006	82	273
2007	72	57
2008	93	117
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 Syria	UK imports of services from Syria
2006	25	20
2007	32	14

Volume 490: debated on Monday 30 March 2009