Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many and what proportion of calls received by the Export Support Services Contact Centre were about (a) imports and exports affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine and (b) subsequent restrictions and sanctions imposed on trade with (i) Russia and (ii) Belarus in the period between 1 April 2022 and 30 September 2022.

Between 01 April 2022 and 20 September 2022, there were 1,520 calls relating to imports and exports affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine and subsequent sanctions imposed on Russia and Belarus.