PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Trade Missions: Latin America (4 December 2015)

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what trade missions to Latin America the Government has organised in the last 12 months; and what such trade missions are planned in the next 12 months.

Asked by:
Graham Stuart (Conservative)

In the last 12 months, UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) has organised the following trade missions to Latin America;

Multi-Sector Mission to Colombia and Peru – November 2014

Multi-Sector Mission to Mexico and Colombia – November/December 2014

Automotive Mission to Mexico - December 2014

Oil & Gas Mission to Colombia - March 2015

Trade Mission to Mexico – March 2015

Trade Mission to Brazil – March 2015

Global Sports Mission to Brazil - August 2015

Northern PowerHouse Mission to Mexico/Colombia – September/October 2015

Water Mission to Brazil (visiting FITABES Trade Show) – October 2015

MSB (Medium Size Business) to Brazil (led by Lord Maude) – November 2015

Broadcast Mission to Mexico – November 2015

Multi- Sector Mission to Colombia and Peru – November 2015

Information relating to planned missions from April 2016 onwards is not available at this time. UKTI is currently undertaking business planning for the period in question. The 2016-2017 Events Programme will be available by end of March 2016.

Answered by:
Anna Soubry (The Independent Group for Change)
14 December 2015