Zimbabwe: Overseas Trade

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the monetary value of trade between the UK and Zimbabwe was in the last five years. (269490)

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

*£ million*
	UK exports of goods to Zimbabwe	UK imports of goods from Zimbabwe
2004	26	48
2005	22	44
2006	20	27
2007	23	20
2008	21	37
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 Zimbabwe	UK imports of services from Zimbabwe
2006	21	31
2007	32	37

Volume 491: debated on Wednesday 22 April 2009