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...