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Imports: Sanctions

Commons · Question 65045 · Tabled 4 Jul 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 14 Jul 2025

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Asked by Iqbal Mohamed

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of HMRC’s capacity to monitor the importation of goods from (a) countries and (b) territories subject to (i) arms embargoes, (ii) trade sanctions and (iii) other trade re

Answer

Answered by James Murray, 14 Jul 2025

HMRC operates a risk-based model for customs compliance which is designed to support the flow of compliant international trade, while maintaining effective controls to collect revenue, protect the UK economy and wider society from harm and uphold the UK’s...