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Written question asked by Gareth Thomas (Labour) on Monday, 21 November 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 24 November 2022 (named day). It was answered by Andrew Bowie (Conservative) on Friday, 25 November 2022 on behalf of the Department for International Trade.

Exports: Preferential Tariffs

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the preference utilisation rate is for goods exports under each active free trade agreement for businesses with a headcount of (a) 250 or more, (b) between 50 and 249, (c) between 10 and 49 and (d) less than 10 employees in each year since January 2020.

Answer

The data required to calculate preference utilisation of UK goods exports is collected through customs declarations of the importing partner country. At present this data is not publicly available for non-EU FTA partners. Preference utilisation of EU imports from non-EU partner countries (including Great Britain since 2021) is published by the European Commission: https://policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/enforcement-and-protection/implementing-and-enforcing-eu-trade-agreements_en (file link)

The Department for International Trade has committed to publishing a monitoring report for trade agreements every two years from 2023. This will include preference utilisation rates from all partner countries where available.

Preference utilisation rates by business size is not centrally collected.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
92075
Session
2022-23
Subjects
Exports Preferential tariffs
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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