Committees on Arms ExportsLetter to the Chair of the Committees from the Rt Hon Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills

Thank you for your letter of 21 November 2011 requesting that the UK Trade & Investment Defence & Security Organisation (UKTI DSO) list of priority markets be made available to the Committee on Arms Export Controls. UKTI DSO is currently conducting a review of priority markets, and allowing time for necessary information gathering and consultation with stakeholders, it will not be available before the early part of 2012. I will provide the list to the Committee in advance of the Ministerial evidence session on 7 February 2012.

I would not expect the new list to change drastically from the 2010 version as shown in the table below.

Algeria	Japan	Pakistan
Australia	Kuwait	South Korea
Brazil	Libya	Saudi Arabia
Brunei	Malaysia	Turkey
India	Mexico	UAE
Iraq	Oman	USA

8 December 2011