FOI Reference: FOI/2021/3213

You asked

Please state the monthly value of UK exports of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)* to China for the period January 2019 to March 2020.

*Please note that I have been unable to find specific exports statistics for PPE on the ONS's website. Some of the key items constitutive of the PPE category with regard to Covid-19 are listed by the WHO and World Customs Organisation here http://wits.worldbank.org/data/public/hs-classification-reference_edition-2_en.pdf

We said

Thank you for your request.

Unfortunately, we do not hold trade data at the level that you've requested.

HMRC publishes trade statistics for detailed commodities and would be better placed to answer your enquiry. They can be contacted via email at uktradeinfo@hmrc.gov.uk and foi.request@hmrc.gov.uk.