Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many small e-commerce packages passed through customs in the UK from China in 2024.

Consignments imported into the UK that are valued at £135 or less are not subject to customs duty and are predominantly imported through a simplified customs declaration. As part of this, multiple goods can be bulk declared without providing the total number of consignments. Therefore, HMRC does not routinely collect customs data on the number of imports from China that are worth less than £135.