Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the number of large construction vehicles that were exported to Russia during the 12 months prior to sanctions against that country being imposed.

HMRC is responsible for the collection and publication of data on imports and exports of goods to and from the UK. HMRC releases this information monthly, as a National Statistic called the Overseas Trade in Goods Statistics (OTS), which is available via their dedicated website: www.uktradeinfo.com. From this website, it is also possible to build your own data tables based upon bespoke search criteria: https://www.uktradeinfo.com/trade-data/ots-custom-table.

Classification codes (according to the Harmonised System) are available to assist with accessing published trade statistics data in the UK Global Tariff: https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/find_commodity.

Trade data about cars, gas turbines, packaged medicaments, and construction vehicles exported to Russia prior to sanctions being imposed is publicly available on: www.uktradeinfo.com.

The site also contains a ‘Help’ function with information on how to extract trade data. Further assistance can also be obtained via the Customer Services team on phone number: 03000 594 250 or via email: uktradeinfo@hmrc.gov.uk.