Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 67674

Developing Countries Trading Scheme

Tabled: 14 July 2025
Answered: 21 July 2025

Question

Callum Anderson

Labour — Buckingham and Bletchley

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential long-term tariff revenue impact of the Developing Countries Trading Scheme.

Answer

Mr Douglas Alexander
The Department has not undertaken a quantitative assessment of the future long-term tariff revenue impact of the DCTS. Before launching the DCTS, the Department estimated based on historical trade patterns, annual tariff savings of up to £770 million to U...
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