Question follow-through · 30535
Parcels: Import Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of phasing out the exemption on customs duties that is allowed for parcels under £135.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 10 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 18 Feb 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of phasing out the exemption on customs duties that is allowed for parcels under £135.
12 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Feb 2025
Answer published
The Government recognises that the increasing popularity of overseas retailers and use of the customs duty relief for imports valued below £135 has caused concern for some stakeholders.The purpose of the customs duty relief is to prevent disproportionate ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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