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

ConservativeWest 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 Jones
Over 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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