Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 44294

Minerals: Exports

Tabled: 4 April 2025
Answered: 14 April 2025

Question

Perran Moon

LabourCamborne and Redruth

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled UK Critical Mineral Strategy, last updated on 13 March 2024, what recent estimate he has made of the value of critical mineral exports.

Answer

Sarah Jones
In 2024, the UK exported an estimated £10 billion worth of critical minerals. This figure was calculated using HMRC trade statistics, and the definition of “critical minerals” comes from internationally comparable HS trade codes published by the US Geolog...

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