UK Trade with EU: Manufacturing Industries

(asked on 20th December 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential access of British coatings companies to European markets after the UK leaves the EU.


Answered by
Mark Garnier Portrait
Mark Garnier
This question was answered on 13th January 2017

The Chemical Industry Association estimates the chemical sector is worth £15 billion annually to the UK economy.

As the Prime Minster has stated, we want British companies to have the maximum freedom to trade with and operate in the Single Market – and to let European businesses to do the same here.

The Department for International Trade, colleagues in BEIS and others have regular discussions with representatives of the British coatings industry. Delegates from DIT, BEIS, HSE and DEFRA, who are responsible for regulation and standards for the sector, recently participated in a round-table discussion on the UK leaving the EU organised by the British Coatings Federation (BCF) and attended by a number of companies from the sector.

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