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Small Businesses: Overseas Trade

Asked by Andrew GriffithConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 10 July 2025UIN 65674

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce cross-border trade processes for small businesses.

Answered by Mr Douglas Alexander

There are a number of different Departments and agencies with responsibility for cross-border processes. The Government’s Trade Strategy sets out how HMG will continue to work to support business, including through DBT working with industry on initiatives to improve the uptake of Electronic Trade Documents to reduce paperwork and administrative burdens for small businesses trading across borders

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