Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to her Department's press release of 26 November 2021, DIT removes 20% more trade barriers to unlock major markets for British business, what assessment she has made of the effect of removal of 217 trade barriers across 74 countries in 2020–21 on British trade.

Reducing trade barriers enables countless British businesses to export goods and services around the world with greater ease and at lower cost. Specific analysis of 66 barriers that the Department for International Trade resolved in the last financial year showed they were linked to £2.9 billion of exports.

In total, we resolved 217 barriers in the last financial year and we continue to remove barriers to help businesses benefit from the related trading opportunities. Recent successes include securing access for poultry meat to Japan, estimated to be worth £65million over the first 5 years of trade, a particular benefit for farmers and producers in Northern Ireland, along with others across the United Kingdom.