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Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to tackle the impact of grey imports on UK businesses.

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled
13 Jan 2025
Target answer date
16 Jan 2025
Answer
20 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to tackle the impact of grey imports on UK businesses.

  2. 16 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    There are regulations that enable intellectual property rights owners to limit the sale of goods in some territories and these regulations may be used by rights owners to manage the parallel import of goods covered by their intellectual property rights.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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