Question follow-through · 27142
UK Trade with EU: Customs
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Department has made of the annual total cost to UK businesses of complying with customs requirements when exporting goods to the EU.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 3 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 7 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 10 Sept 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Department has made of the annual total cost to UK businesses of complying with customs requirements when exporting goods to the EU.
7 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Sept 2026
Answer published
Estimates of the administrative burden of import and export declarations for trade between Great Britain and the European Union are published at the following link: Estimating the customs administrative burden of 2022 declarations - GOV.UK. HMRC is com...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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