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Written Question
Tuna: Import Duties
Thursday 20th January 2022

Asked by: Lord Borwick (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Agnew of Oulton on 21 December 2021 (HL4995), what was the total amount of import tariffs collected on tuna imported from the Maldives in (1) financial year 2020–21, and (2) each of the preceding four years.

Answered by Lord Agnew of Oulton

HMRC does not hold the information requested. Traders pay customs duty and import VAT based on calculated liabilities for goods, either immediately or on a monthly basis via duty deferment accounts. The subsequent revenue collected is not recorded on a product or sector basis, and thus no breakdown by product or country of origin is held.

Written Question
Import Duties
Tuesday 21st December 2021

Asked by: Lord Borwick (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Grimstone of Boscobel on 14 December (HL Deb, col 130), what was the total amount in import tariffs collected in (1) financial year 2020–21, and (2) each of the preceding four years.

Answered by Lord Agnew of Oulton

In the financial year 2020-21, HMRC received £2,962 million in Customs Duty receipts.

In the preceding four years, HMRC received the following yearly amounts for Customs Duty:

2016-2017

£3,359 million

2017-2018

£3,412 million

2018-2019

£3,356 million

2019-2020

£3,287 million

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