Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what (a) multi-industry and (b) industry-specific market visits his Department plans to organise in key regions including (i) North America, (ii) East Asia and (iii) South Asia.

Since the Department for International Trade was founded, the following multi-industry and industry-specific market visits have been delivered or are planned to take place in the regions referenced up to and including the 31st March.

In summary, the department has delivered or is planning to deliver 3 multi-industry market visits to North America and 1 each to East Asia and South Asia, 10 industry-specific market visits to North America and 6 each to East Asia and South Asia.

Planning for 17/18 is currently underway and a programme of market visits for the period will be finalised in due course.