Manufacturing Industries: North East
Commons · Question 86411 · Tabled 29 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Joe Morris
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the UK-India Free Trade Agreement on manufacturing output in the North East.
Answer
Answered by Chris Bryant, 3 Nov 2025
A wide variety of manufacturing companies in the North East will benefit from this FTA, including those producing cars, who will benefit from tariffs reduced from over 100% to 10% under the quota, and wind turbines, whose tariff will drop from 11% to 0%.I...