Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of how much (a) fur imports and (b) fur exports contributed to the UK economy in 2019-20.

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) are responsible for the collection and publication of data on UK imports and exports of goods to and from the UK. HMRC release this information monthly, as a National Statistic called the Overseas Trade in Goods Statistics.

The value of imports to and exports from the UK of raw, tanned or dressed furskins (including heads, tails, paws and other pieces or cuttings, suitable for furriers’ use) and of articles of apparel, clothing accessories and other articles of furskin for 2019 and 2020 are set out in the tables below. The data is based on declared trade so is not an estimate.

The data provided does not include raw hides and skins of animals which may have hair or wool on them or articles of clothing such as gloves, shoes, hats and coats which are only partially made of fur, for example, containing a fur trim. This is because these goods are declared under commodity codes other than those used exclusively for furskin and articles of furskin.

HMRC hold no other data that would enable an estimate of how much fur imports or fur exports contributed to the UK economy in 2019 and 2020.