PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Food: Exports (15 June 2015)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government plans to take to promote British food and drink exports.
Asked by:
Stuart Andrew (Conservative)
Asked by:
Stuart Andrew (Conservative)
Answer
The agri-food sector is worth over £100bn and employs one in eight people. The food and drink manufacturing sector – largest in the UK - exported nearly £19bn last year, including chocolates to Belgium, pork to China and chillies to India.
Supporting and encouraging businesses to take the opportunities that exporting presents is one of my Department’s top priorities. Officials are working with the industry and UKTI to develop a new Action Plan.
Answered by:
Elizabeth Truss (Conservative)
18 June 2015
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