The Department held negotiations with Brazil in 2011, with India in 2010 and with China in 2011. Our aim is to maintain close aviation relations with important markets and to remove government-level restrictions as far as is possible within the context of a bilateral or EU-level agreement. While uptake of routes is a commercial matter for airlines, the Air Services Agreements with these countries all provide considerably more frequencies than the airlines currently use.The Department has recently analysed whether air services at Heathrow adequately serve important countries for UK exports. It found a correlation between air services and exports but not a causal link; they are interrelated factors and the existence of one will influence the other.