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Overseas Trade: Botswana

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help increase the (a) volume and (b) value of trade between the UK and Botswana.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body: Department for Business and Trade
Tabled: 3 Jan 2025
Target answer date: 7 Jan 2025
Answer: 13 Jan 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

3 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help increase the (a) volume and (b) value of trade between the UK and Botswana.
7 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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13 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Department for Business and Trade, and UK Export Finance, has officials throughout our Embassy network in Africa to support businesses where there are commercial opportunities. Additionally, the Developing Countries Trading Scheme, which entered into ...

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