Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what her policy is on continued market access or equivalent support for (a) Kenya, (b) Ghana and (c) Cameroon in the event that continuity agreements with those countries are not reached.

We are working with Kenya, Ghana and Cameroon to secure their continuity trade agreements.

If a continuity agreement is not concluded before the end of the transition period, all three countries would benefit from preferential trading terms under our Generalised Scheme of Preferences after the end of the transition period. However, as lower middle-income countries, this would not be at duty-free and quota-free rate that an Agreement would provide.

We recognise the possible impact that a loss of duty-free and quota-free access after the transition period could have on Kenya, Ghana and Cameroon. Therefore, we continue to engage with all three countries to secure continuity trade agreements, based on those to which we have been party, providing access to our market and ensuring lasting certainty for businesses.