Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the UK-Egypt Association Agreement announced on 5 December 2020, what steps her Department is undertaking to increase the UK's volume of trade with Egypt.

The United Kingdom-Egypt Association Agreement will allow British businesses and consumers to benefit from continued preferential access to the market after the end of the transition period, which will help boost vital trade and investment.

The Department for International Trade engages with hundreds of businesses every day on a wide range of issues and we have a large and experienced network of around 300 Trade Advisors who provide face-to-face support to exporters across the country.

Through our work in Egypt and around the world, we are making it simpler and more cost effective for businesses to trade by using preferential trading arrangements.