§ Mr. SoamesTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the volume of trade between the UK and each Commonwealth country was in the last year for which figures are available; and what estimate she has made of UK investment in Commonwealth countries. [85716]
§ Nigel GriffithsStatistics on UK trade in goods are published by HM Customs and Excise while those on UK investment overseas are compiled by the Office for National Statistics. The latest available information is as follows:
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£ million Country UK exports:Goods 2001 UK imports:Goods 2001 UK outward FDI stock End 2000 Anguilla 1.2 0.1 n/a Antigua Barbuda 17.3 3.4 1— Australia 2,321.9 1,837.9 10,004 Australian Oceania 0.4 0.7 0
£ million Country UK exports:Goods 2001 UK imports:Goods 2001 UK outward FDI stock End 2000 Of which: Christmas Islands 0.0 0.6 2— Cocos Islands 0.3 0.1 2— Heard and McDonald 0.0 0.0 2— Norfolk Island 0.0 0.0 2— Bahamas 15.2 7.1 223 Bangladesh 68.0 455.2 158 Barbados 55.7 40.2 112 Belize 13.8 34.9 1— Bermuda 34.0 45.3 6,071 Botswana 24.2 1,076.9 88 British Indian Ocean Territories 0.5 0.0 1— British Virgin Islands 7.3 6.8 64 Brunei 59.6 34.1 1— Canada 3,250.3 3,786.3 8,430 Cayman Islands 9.7 3.1 443 Cook Islands 0.1 0.0 n/a Cyprus 291.5 250.1 40 Dominica 10.1 12.0 0 Falkland Islands 19.8 6.9 1— Gambia 18.5 7.7 1— Ghana 144.4 134.0 102 Gibraltar 127.6 14.3 237 Grenada 7.0 0.8 1— Guyana 22.7 60.6 34 India 1,780.7 1,884.1 1,246 Jamaica 70.7 117.9 598 Kenya 172.5 211.8 430 Kiribati 0.1 0.1 0 Lesotho 1.9 1.9 1— Malawi 8.2 15.0 25 Malaysia 1,033.3 2,012.2 1,741 Maldives 5.0 6.4 1— Malta 217.4 148.0 81 Mauritius 52.3 337.8 234 Montserrat 1.1 0.0 n/a Namibia 12.7 316.5 1— Nauru 0.8 0.0 0 New Zealand 311.5 560.5 1.919 Niue and Tokelau 10.3 2.2 1— Of which: Niue Island 0.3 0.0 2— Tokelau Islands 10.0 2.2 2— Nigeria 683.6 68.2 804 Pakistan 229.6 437.9 513 Papua New Guinea 4.3 41.4 1— Pitcairn 0.9 0.0 0 Samoa 4.8 0.0 0 Seychelles 13.4 47.9 1— Sierra Leone 61.9 3.0 1— Singapore 1,603.5 2,146.4 6,300 Solomon Islands 0.3 0.5 1— South Africa 1,547.4 2,953.3 3,051 Sri Lanka 142.4 400.8 108 St. Helena 9.7 0.4 1— St. Kitts and Nevis 7.5 7.1 1 St. Lucia 17.0 16.5 1— St. Vincent 9.2 13.7 1— Swaziland 4.3 33.6 1— Tanzania 66.0 35.2 39 Tonga 1.3 0.3 1— Trinidad and Tobago 91.6 53.9 -102 Turks and Caicos 0.8 0.2 1— Tuvalu 0.1 0.2 0 Uganda 34.8 8.5 35 Vanuatu 0.5 0.1 1— Zambia 23.9 11.7 45 Zimbabwe 36.2 91.4 130 The Commonwealth 14,794.0 19,805.2 n/a 1 Disclosive 2 Not separately available Note:
n/a = Not available
Sources:
HM Customs and Excise
Office for National Statistics
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§ Mr. SoamesTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps she has taken to encourage trade between Commonwealth countries. [85811]
§ Ms HewittThe Government have acted on specific commitments in the Edinburgh Commonwealth Economic Declaration of 1997 by vigorously supporting: the EU's stance on multilateral liberalisation, notably through the launch of the WTO Round at Doha; the full opening of the EU's market to the least developed countries, 14 of whom are in the Commonwealth; the launch and work programme of the Commonwealth Business Council, whose task is to promote Commonwealth trade and investment. DTI Ministers have also encouraged effective Commonwealth networking on trade through informal discussions with their counterparts and in an ongoing series of seminars with High Commissions in London. Trade Partners UK is responsible for helping UK companies export and invest overseas, including to our Commonwealth partners.