Question follow-through · 67284
Home Shopping: China
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many small e-commerce packages passed through customs in the UK from China in 2024.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 14 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 21 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many small e-commerce packages passed through customs in the UK from China in 2024.
16 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Jul 2025
Answer published
Consignments imported into the UK that are valued at £135 or less are not subject to customs duty and are predominantly imported through a simplified customs declaration. As part of this, multiple goods can be bulk declared without providing the total num...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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