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Import Duties: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason goods imported to Northern Ireland from (a) China and (b) other non-EU countries are charged a higher third country duty tariff than goods imported from those countries to Great Britain.

answeredJim AllisterTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
17 Jul 2024
Target answer date
22 Jul 2024
Answer
22 Jul 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason goods imported to Northern Ireland from (a) China and (b) other non-EU countries are charged a higher third country duty tariff than goods imported from those countries to Great Britain.

  2. 22 Jul 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 22 Jul 2024

    Answer published

    Under the terms of the Windsor Framework, goods being brought into Northern Ireland from non-EU countries attract customs duty at the relevant EU rate if they are deemed ‘at risk’ of entering the EU. In some circumstances those duties can be waived or the...

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