Question follow-through · 126032
Fertilisers: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much and what proportion of UK fertiliser supply goes through (a) the strait of Hormuz and (b) the surrounding region.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 10 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 16 Apr 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much and what proportion of UK fertiliser supply goes through (a) the strait of Hormuz and (b) the surrounding region.
14 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Apr 2026
Answer published
The UK imported below 1% of its fertilisers directly from the Gulf region in 2025. However, some of the UK’s trade partners import fertilisers from the Middle East, either for onward shipment to the UK or for production inputs, creating indirect dependenc...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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