Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2017 to Question 107560, on exports, whether the target to export £1 trillion of goods and services by 2020 remains his intention.

We are committed to increasing exports of all our goods and services as part of our vision of a UK that trades its way to prosperity, stability and security.

The trillion pound ambition was set as an aspirational target before the creation of the Department for International Trade. DIT is establishing a network of nine overseas Trade Commissioners, who will lead DIT activity on a regional basis around the world. We are now reviewing how performance should be targeted in the new organisation to ensure measures are fit for purpose in an evolving landscape.