Written Question·Treasury·UIN 40981

Sugar: Taxation

Tabled: 24 March 2025

Answered: 27 March 2025

Named Day

Question

Noah Law

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has considered introducing a small levy on imported sugar; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of such a levy on (a) tariff revenues following the suspension of Ukrainia

Answer

James Murray

The UK already has significant tariffs on UK sugar imports which are imported via the Most Favoured Nation route. These are £280 per tonne for cane sugar for refining and £350 per tonne for other types of sugar. They are, other than in exceptional circums...

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