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Written question asked by Andrew Rosindell (Reform UK) on Monday, 23 February 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 25 February 2026. It was answered by Dan Tomlinson (Labour) on Monday, 2 March 2026 on behalf of the Treasury.

Imports: St Helena

Question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will provide an itemised list of imports of (a) coffee, (b) fish and (c) fish products from Saint Helena.

Answer

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is responsible for the collection and publication of data on imports and exports of goods to and from the UK.

HMRC releases imports and exports information monthly, as an Accredited Official Statistic called the Overseas Trade in Goods Statistics (OTS), which is available via their dedicated website (www.uktradeinfo.com).

From this website, it is possible to build your own data tables based upon bespoke search criteria. To use the tables you will need the commodity codes for coffee, fish, and fish products. These codes are publicly available from the UK Trade Tariff at https://www.gov.uk/trade-tariff. Commodity codes for fish and seafood are classified within Chapter 03 of the Tariff and coffee within Chapter 09.

The data on the website will, within limitations, tell you the total value of imports of these products into the UK from Saint Helena and Tristan Da Cuhna. It includes value and weight (kg) of imports. However, it will not identify individual items as this could identify individual importers. This would be in conflict with Section 18 of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (CRCA). CRCA restricts the information that HMRC may disclose publicly on persons making imports and exports.

Unfortunately, it will not be possible to distinguish between imports from Saint Helena and Tristan Da Cunha because for trade statistics purposes the territory of “St Helena” includes imports from Saint Helena, Tristan da Cunha and other islands in this area.

If you need help or support in constructing a table from the data on uktradeinfo, please contact uktradeinfo@hmrc.gov.uk.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
114790
Session
2024-26
Transferred
Yes
Subjects
Imports St Helena
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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