Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 52012
Electric Vehicles: Components and Raw Materials
Tabled: 13 May 2025
Answered: 21 May 2025
Question
Nick Timothy
Conservative — West Suffolk
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) manufactured components and (b) raw materials imported from China for the domestic production of electric vehicles in the last five years.
Answer
Sarah JonesOver the last five years the UK has, on average, annually imported China-origin goods worth a) £1.9bn of components (automotive parts, batteries, and motors) and b) £9.7m of minerals that are typically used for batteries and traction motors. These imports...
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