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Import Duties: Tax Allowances

Commons · Question 16813 · Tabled 7 Jul 2026 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 15 Jul 2026

Question

Asked by James McMurdock

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' press release entitled Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on dodgy online sellers, published on 23 June 2026, what estimate

Answer

Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 15 Jul 2026

At Tax Update Day 2026, the Government announced that it would accelerate the removal of the customs duty relief for low value imports and introduce a new set of customs arrangements by October 2028 at the latest. As set out at Autumn Budget 2025, the Gov...