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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-09-02more like thismore than 2019-09-02
answering body
Department for International Trade more like this
answering dept id 202 more like this
answering dept short name International Trade more like this
answering dept sort name International Trade more like this
hansard heading Publications: Exports more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether any countries plan to raise their tariffs on the importation of books from the UK. more like this
tabling member constituency Bristol West more like this
tabling member printed
Thangam Debbonaire remove filter
uin 284998 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2019-09-09
answer text <p>Most of the UK’s key trading partners apply zero MFN tariffs on books, including the EU, US, Japan, Korea, Turkey, Switzerland and Canada. With others, including Chile and Colombia, the UK will retain current tariff preferences as a result of rolling over existing agreements.</p><p> </p><p>There are some countries, including Mexico, Egypt and Morocco, with which we are currently negotiating to retain the existing tariff preferences. If these negotiations are not concluded successfully then they would likely impose duties on UK books.</p><p> </p><p>The UK will continue to not charge any import duties on books irrespective of the country of origin.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Bournemouth West more like this
answering member printed Conor Burns more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-09-09T14:35:23.98Zmore like thismore than 2019-09-09T14:35:23.98Z
answering member
3922
label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns more like this
tabling member
4433
label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire more like this