Import and Export Data

That the Parliament agrees that businesses across the UK have expressed difficulties in navigating the gov.uk website to extract the import/export information; believes that gov.uk does not provide exporters with access to holistic high-quality market intelligence and trade advice; considers that the UK’s trade policy, including trade deals and a national tariff scheme, would benefit from being better promoted and explained; believes that devolved leaders across the UK should be involved in developing a streamlined portal and be able to make full use of it to promote and attract investment to critical projects and opportunities in their area; further believes that improved data collection on services trade would enable policymakers to better understand where growth opportunities lie; considers that services trade data is far less reliable than goods trade data, blurring the services trade picture and obscuring policymakers’ sight of where opportunities can be maximised; believes that if the UK could source data that captured the full extent of the UK’s regional strengths in services trade, then policymakers would be better equipped to prioritise government efforts and support, and further believes that this includes working with devolved governments to promote exports.