Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November 2021 to Question 62668 on Exports: Customs, what estimate he has made of the annual number of exit and entry summary declarations required for UK exports to the EU under the current EU import rules.

Export requirements for goods leaving the UK are covered by UK rules, not EU rules. Current EU import rules therefore do not require exit summary declarations on UK exports to the EU, although they may require an entry summary declaration to be made on EU systems pre-arrival.

Since 1 January 2021, UK requirements to submit Safety and Security Exit Summary declarations have been in place. There was a temporary waiver that ended on 30 September 2021 which applied to two categories of exports only (empty pallets, containers and vehicles moved under a transport contract to the EU, and certain Roll on Roll Off movements). Annual outturn figures are therefore not yet available.

We do not hold figures for the number of entry summary declarations required for UK exports to the EU as the management of EU import procedures is the responsibility of the customs authorities of the relevant EU Member States.