Question follow-through · 5722
Overseas Trade: Sub-Saharan Africa
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to (a) reduce barriers to and (b) promote trade with countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 12 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 7 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 11 Oct 2024 · 29 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to (a) reduce barriers to and (b) promote trade with countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
7 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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11 Oct 2024
Answer published
My Department leads cross-Government efforts to identify and resolve market access barriers in order to unlock opportunities for UK business and drive UK growth. In sectors and markets across the region we have trade promotion teams and programmes to supp...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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