You should be able to quite happily

=SUMPRODUCT(--('Other sheet name'!A1:A10="UAE"),--('Other sheet
name'!B1:B10="Construction"))

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HTH

Bob Phillips

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"petess" wrote in message
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Toppers,

Further to my earlier post, however, I find that I cannot use the formula
you suggest to work with data from ANOTHER worksheet within the same Excel
file... I can still get the answers I need in the same worksheet, but
this
would be more elegant.

Petess