Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 72953

Import Duties: USA

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 4 September 2025

Question

Ian Roome

Liberal DemocratNorth Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on small and medium sized businesses of the suspension of the $800 minimum threshold for imports into the United States which is due to c

Answer

Mr Douglas Alexander
My department is engaging with industry to monitor impacts on small and medium-sized Businesses (SMEs).We have published information to inform UK businesses and remain in close contact with our US counterparts to seek further clarity as needed. We remain ...

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