Written questions

Fuels: Russia

2026-06-23 · Department for Business and Trade · 12351 · Official question

James McMurdock

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department's press release entitled UK to set end date for imports of Russian diesel and jet fuel via third countries, published on 12 June 2026, what monitoring and enforcement m

Answer

HMRC is responsible for enforcing the ban on imports of oil products refined in third countries from Russian-origin crude oil and investigating suspected offences.HMRC uses a variety of proven methods to detect sanctions breaches, including: risk and inte...