Question follow-through · 47517
Imports: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to meet with the British Retail Consortium to discuss its request that the UK’s de minimis limit on low value imports be reviewed.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 23 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 1 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to meet with the British Retail Consortium to discuss its request that the UK’s de minimis limit on low value imports be reviewed.
25 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 May 2025
Answer published
The Government has received a broad range of representation from stakeholders who are interested in the customs treatment of low value imports. Last week the Government announced a review of these arrangements and as part of this, Treasury Ministers and o...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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