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Written Question
Agriculture: Exports
Wednesday 24th June 2020

Asked by: Simon Baynes (Conservative - Clwyd South)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to promote UK agriculture exports.

Answered by Graham Stuart

Our food and drink sector is vital to our economy. In 2019, exports increased by nearly 5% to £23.7bn.

We want to see this success continue and on 22 June we launched, with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, a ‘Bounce Back’ package which includes facilitated UKEF access for SMEs and export masterclasses and webinars. This package of focused activity will further boost our trade efforts for the agricultural sector and prepare for the new opportunities presented by our future Free Trade Agreements.