Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which product categories under the UK Global Tariff, presented with their commodity codes, the Government has assessed to be barriers to the liberalisation of environmental goods.

In setting tariff rates under the UK Global Tariff (UKGT), consideration is given to factors prescribed in the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018. This includes the interests of producers and consumers as well as any impacts on competition, productivity, and external trade. As part of the UKGT, the UK has liberalised a list of 104 environmental goods to promote the deployment of renewable energy generation, energy efficiency, carbon capture, and the circular economy through recycling and reducing single use plastics.