Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the value of bilateral trade in agricultural goods and services between the UK and Israel was in each year since 2004.
Data on agricultural goods trade between UK and Israel in each year since 2004 is shown in the following table. Data on agriculture services trade is not available from official published sources.
UK trade in agricultural goods with Israel, 2004 to 2013, £ millions:
| UK exports to Israel | UK imports from Israel | Total bilateral trade |
2004 | 10 | 169 | 179 |
2005 | 10 | 198 | 208 |
2006 | 13 | 190 | 203 |
2007 | 13 | 204 | 217 |
2008 | 8 | 132 | 140 |
2009 | 4 | 93 | 97 |
2010 | 6 | 95 | 101 |
2011 | 5 | 96 | 101 |
2012 | 6 | 128 | 134 |
2013 | 6 | 121 | 127 |
Source: Eurostat (Comext), based on CPA 2008 (Classification of Products by Activity) code 01 “Products of Agriculture” - values converted from Euros into £ using HMT Pocket Databank exchange rates (27 March 2014) |