Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the Defence and Security Organisation core markets are for 2018-19; and if he will make a statement.

The Department for International Trade, Defence and Security Organisation has identified the following core markets for 2018-19 with defence and security opportunities:

Australia
Austria
Bahrain
Belgium
Canada
France
Germany
India
Indonesia
Italy (lead for Mediterranean Defence Network Defence includes Spain & Portugal)
Japan
Kuwait
Latin America (Columbia, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Panama, Argentina, Mexico)
Malaysia
New Zealand
Netherlands
North Africa (Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt)
Oman
Philippines
Poland (within Central European Network and including Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria)
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
South Korea
Southern Africa (South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique, Angola)
Sweden (lead for Nordic Baltic Network including Finland, Norway, Denmark, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia)
Switzerland
Thailand
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
United States of America