Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 45255

Origin Marking: Occupied Territories

Tabled: 8 April 2025
Answered: 28 April 2025

Question

Phil Brickell

LabourBolton West

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent estimate his Department has made of the proportion of goods labelled as originating from within Israel’s pre-1967 borders which actually originate from Israeli settlements.

Answer

Mr Douglas Alexander
HMRC are responsible for the conduct of origin verification checks on imported goods. Where there are doubts about the declared origin of goods, HMRC will undertake checks to verify the origin of those goods to ensure fiscal compliance. Data on imports fr...

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