Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) businesses and (b) companies (i) have an Economic Operator Registration and Identification (EORI) number, (ii) require an EORI number but do not have one and (iii) have applied for an EORI number and not received one.

Approximately 479,000 traders hold a live Economic Operator Registration and Identification (EORI) number issued by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). It is not possible to provide a breakdown of this data.

Data on the number of traders that would need a UK EORI number is not readily available.

HMRC have issued UK EORI numbers to all traders who registered for a number and did not already possess one at the time of their registration.