Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what targets the Government has set for increased trade with Commonwealth countries after the United Kingdom leaves the European Union.

UK-Commonwealth Trade was worth £94.4 billion in 2016. Whilst the Department for International Trade has no trade target with the Commonwealth, we are committed to increasing the trade and investment with Member States. At the recent Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in April, we announced a package of initiatives that would contribute to this including projects building capacity amongst female entrepreneurs, improving and aligning standards and Trade Facilitation assistance.