Written questions

Fruit and vegetables: Import Duties

Commons · Question 93702 · Tabled 24 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 1 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Dame Harriett Baldwin

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to reduce the cost of groceries by reducing tariffs on fruit and vegetables not (a) grown and (b) processed in the UK.

Answer

Answered by Chris Bryant, 1 Dec 2025

As part of the Budget, the Government launched an application window for new duty suspensions on 26 November to help reduce import costs. Stakeholders have until 4 February 2026 to apply for the UK Global Tariff rate to be temporarily suspended on goods w...