Culture: UK Trade with EU

(asked on 22nd February 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the economic effect of additional non-tariff barriers to trade for small and medium-sized enterprises in the cultural sector seeking to export to EU customers since 1 January 2021.


Answered by
Caroline Dinenage Portrait
Caroline Dinenage
This question was answered on 1st March 2021

The Government recognises the importance of the creative and cultural sectors, and is fully committed to assist them to navigate the new rules under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement.

The Agreement ensures there will be zero tariffs or quotas on trade between the UK and the EU, where goods meet the relevant rules of origin, and includes provisions to facilitate trade and address non-tariff barriers for UK exports to the EU and vice versa.

The Government appreciates that leaving the European Union and the Customs Union means changes and new processes, and companies having to adapt to new rules of origin procedures.

Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs has launched a Brexit Support Fund, which is a grant scheme of £22.75m to support SMEs, with up to £2k per business to access training or professional advice on border processes they haven’t used previously. This could include for example customs, rules of origin and VAT.

We will continue engagement with the sectors to ensure we fully understand the circumstances of companies in the cultural and creative sector, and support them in trading with the EU and the rest of the world.

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