Question follow-through · 38467

Overseas Trade: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2025 to Question 34422 on Overseas Trade: Russia; if his Department will ban UK-Russian imports and exports that are not directly linked to

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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled
14 Mar 2025
Target answer date
18 Mar 2025
Answer
20 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 14 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2025 to Question 34422 on Overseas Trade: Russia; if his Department will ban UK-Russian imports and exports that are not directly linked to

  2. 18 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 20 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Together with our international partners, we have unleashed the largest and most severe package of trade sanctions ever imposed on a major economy. As a result, Russian imports into the UK have fallen by more than 99 per cent, and UK exports to Russia are...

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