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Minerals: Imports

2026-07-02 · Department for Business and Trade · 15894 · Official question

James McMurdock

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the value of critical mineral imports into the United Kingdom in each of the last five years.

Answer

As set out in the Technical Annex, “critical minerals” are imported into the UK in various forms:raw critical minerals, such as ores and concentrateschemicals, such as oxides, hydroxides and dioxidesintermediate products, such as bars, rods, profiles and ...