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Exports

Asked by Stuart AndersonConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 28 April 2025UIN 45108

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to maintain the level of UK exports.

Answered by Gareth Thomas

The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is committed to supporting UK businesses to export and grow globally. The Export Academy and International Trade Advisers are helping UK SME’s build their capability to export around the world. The International Markets teams in embassies around the world are connecting UK businesses with global buyers and distributors. UK businesses can access DBT’s wealth of export support via Great.gov.uk.

And we are targeting market access barriers in priority markets to open up even more opportunities for UK exporters.

As part of our new trade strategy and small business strategy, we are looking at further proposals to help UK businesses to export more.

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