Import Duties

(asked on 6th February 2017) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the top 20 categories as defined by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) were according to value of imports of goods imported into the UK in the most recent year for which records are available; and how much HMRC collected in gross customs duties in each of those categories.


Answered by
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Jane Ellison
This question was answered on 9th February 2017

The top 20 categories as defined by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), according to the value of imports into the UK and how much HMRC collected in gross customs duties in each of those categories, are set in the below table. This data covers the period from 1 December 2015 to 30 November 2016.

Rank

Tariff Chapter

Tariff Description

Customs Duty Paid

1

84

Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof

£150,361,671.11

2

87

Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof

£275,986,917.79

3

85

Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles

£221,484,925.55

4

61

Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted

£391,863,383.24

5

71

Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coins

£18,816,020.49

6

62

Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted

£421,133,522.33

7

27

Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes

£2,027,350.73

8

88

Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof

£6,550,507.58

9

97

Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques

£160.60

10

73

Articles of iron or steel

£44,803,950.05

11

90

Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof

£46,001,258.87

12

64

Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles

£263,335,200.26

13

39

Plastics and articles thereof

£176,508,703.45

14

94

Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildings

£51,244,638.13

15

95

Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof

£73,082,253.07

16

30

Pharmaceutical products

£0.00

17

82

Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal

£23,187,892.86

18

40

Rubber and articles thereof

£36,571,397.53

19

63

Other made-up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags

£89,399,258.34

20

42

Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut)

£55,873,412.99

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