Written Question·Treasury·UIN 76682

Defence: Imports

Tabled: 11 September 2025
Answered: 16 September 2025
Named Day

Question

Ben Obese-Jecty

Conservative — Huntingdon

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the introduction of CBAM in January 2027 on defence imports.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
The UK government is introducing a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) on 1 January 2027 to address the risk of carbon leakage. The UK CBAM is a new tax which will ensure that highly traded, carbon intensive goods which are imported from overseas fa...
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