Freeports: Customs
(asked on 6th February 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask His Majesty's Government what variation in normal customs rules are applied within each freeport in the UK.
Answered by
Baroness Scott of Bybrook
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
This question was answered on 21st February 2023
Businesses authorised by HMRC to operate on specific, secure 'customs sites' within Freeports can take advantage of a special customs procedure which builds on facilitations available elsewhere in the UK. The details of this procedure can be found (attached) in HMRC's guidance on customs sites.