Export Opportunities 2021-07-15
2021-07-15
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Q1
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UK businesses are looking to expand their export markets. The question arises from the need to understand the current assessment of opportunities for exporters.
What assessment her Department has made of the opportunities for businesses to export abroad?
Opportunities for UK exporters are significant. Exports are rebounding this year with a projected growth of 8% next year, due to rolled-over EU deals and ongoing negotiations. The first from-scratch agreement in principle was with Australia.
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Assessment & feedback
The answer does not address the specific ask for an assessment on opportunities but instead highlights general export trends and a trade deal.
Changes Subject To Praise Australian Deal
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Q2
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Food production companies in the MP's constituency face challenges with customs and supply chains due to post-Brexit changes.
That is all very well, but food production businesses in my constituency face a loss of trade, challenges with customs, and damage to their supply chains. They require to operate in today's land, not some promised land that their business might never survive to be able to see. What is the Minister going to do to ensure that their difficulties are minimised and that support for them is maximised? They need butter today, not a promise of jam tomorrow.
It would very much help if the Scottish Government and the SNP supported trade deals. Scotland trades more with the rest of the world than with the EU, and EU volumes in May were back to pre-pandemic levels. The teething problems are being dealt with, other issues minimised, and government support is available.
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Assessment & feedback
The answer does not address the specific ask for measures to minimize difficulties faced by businesses but instead criticizes SNP's stance on trade deals.
Criticises Scottish National Party
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