Free Zones

(asked on 16th December 2020) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library the estimates that were produced with regard to the UK Global Tariff and freeports policy of which forms of industrial activity using the standard industrial classification would benefit most from tariff inversion in new freeports in the UK.


Answered by
Steve Barclay Portrait
Steve Barclay
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
This question was answered on 11th January 2021

Freeports will benefit the UK by increasing trade, employment and investment. Firms importing goods into Freeports can take advantage of several customs benefits, including tariff inversion, alongside wider benefits. The Freeport Bidding Prospectus provides the full details that interested parties need in order to assess the benefits of Freeport status to them and join a Freeport Bidding Coalition.

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