Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 86411

Manufacturing Industries: North East

Tabled: 29 October 2025
Answered: 3 November 2025

Question

Joe Morris

LabourHexham

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the UK-India Free Trade Agreement on manufacturing output in the North East.

Answer

Chris Bryant
A wide variety of manufacturing companies in the North East will benefit from this FTA, including those producing cars, who will benefit from tariffs reduced from over 100% to 10% under the quota, and wind turbines, whose tariff will drop from 11% to 0%.I...

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