Overseas Trade: Rural Areas

(asked on 17th October 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Trade:

What recent assessment she has made of the extent of international trading opportunities for (a) Yorkshire and (b) other counties in rural regions.


Answered by
Graham Stuart Portrait
Graham Stuart
Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 17th October 2019

In 2018 the value of exports from Yorkshire & the Humber was 25% higher than 2010. Rural based companies are also exporting more than before and as we leave the EU we will strike new trade deals and open new markets for UK products and services.

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