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Aluminium: Recycling

Commons · Question 116467 · Tabled 27 Feb 2026 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 4 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Tessa Munt

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the context of the development of the Circular Economy Growth Plan, whether her Department holds data on (a) how many metric tonnes of waste aluminium were exported from the UK for recycling in each of the last r

Answer

Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 4 Mar 2026

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is responsible for the collection and publication of data on imports and exports of goods to and from the UK. HMRC releases this information monthly, as an Accredited National Statistic called the Overseas Trade in Goods St...