Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 45255
Origin Marking: Occupied Territories
Tabled: 8 April 2025
Answered: 28 April 2025
Question
Phil Brickell
Labour — Bolton 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 AlexanderHMRC 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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