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Sugar Beet: Import Duties

Commons · Question 51527 · Tabled 12 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 16 May 2025

Question

Asked by Nick Timothy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of increasing the Autonomous Tariff Quota on the domestic sugar beet industry.

Answer

Answered by Douglas Alexander, 16 May 2025

The Government recognises the importance of the domestic sugar beet industry and is carefully considering the potential impacts of any changes to the Autonomous Tariff Quota (ATQ) on raw cane sugar following an engagement exercise which closed in March 20...