Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to strengthen trading relations between the UK and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Our Embassy in Sarajevo assists UK companies wishing to do business in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) by supporting them through the full range of UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) services. The UKTI offer includes identifying and publicising business opportunities, offering expert local market advice, and facilitating access to information, contacts and partners which would not otherwise be accessible.

UK companies in BiH focus predominantly on roads and related infrastructure, energy, mining and aid-funded business. The UKTI office in the Embassy helps UK companies to exploit particular opportunities in these areas, and has established a strong network of contacts which assist UK business.