Trade Promotion

(asked on 7th February 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what visits to which countries each of the Government's trade envoys have made on since May 2015.


Answered by
Greg Hands Portrait
Greg Hands
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
This question was answered on 20th February 2017

The Department for International Trade is responsible for promoting British trade across the world and ensuring the UK takes advantage of the huge opportunities open to us. The Prime Minister’s Trade Envoys work tirelessly to increase exports and drum up demand for British business in around 50 markets worldwide.

The Trade Envoy programme has primarily focused on emerging markets and markets where there are varied and significant opportunities in a range of sectors which would benefit from high level engagement, but which have historically received less ministerial attention.

Since May 2015, there have been 66 visits by Trade Envoys to their specific markets.

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