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Imports

Commons · Question 23604 · Tabled 13 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record

Answered 20 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Ann Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to tackle the impact of grey imports on UK businesses.

Answer

Answered by Feryal Clark, 20 Jan 2025

There are regulations that enable intellectual property rights owners to limit the sale of goods in some territories and these regulations may be used by rights owners to manage the parallel import of goods covered by their intellectual property rights.