Question follow-through · 5573
Overseas Trade: Sri Lanka
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to increase the volume of trade between the United Kingdom and Sri Lanka.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 12 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 10 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 10 Oct 2024 · 28 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 he is taking to increase the volume of trade between the United Kingdom and Sri Lanka.
10 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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10 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Government uses a range of programmes and levers to increase the volume of trade between UK and Sri Lanka. These include the Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS), which cuts tariffs and simplifies trading rules for Sri Lankan exporters. The Gove...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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