Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on the UK’s domestic biodiesel industry of authorisations which allow imports of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil free from normal import duties.

The rate of customs duty on imported Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) is 0%, due to an existing tariff suspension. If HVO is imported into the UK under Inward Processing (IP), liability to import VAT is suspended and becomes payable if the processed goods enter the home market.

A review into the UK’s anti-dumping measure on HVO imported from the US and Canada is currently underway. The Trade Remedies Authority published a Statement of Essential Facts last year which proposed revoking the measure on HVO which interested parties had the opportunity to respond to.