British goods exports to the EU were up 4.1% in 2021 on the previous year, whilst British goods imports from the EU were down 4.5% in the same period.<\/p>
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Although customs processes must still be followed, humanitarian goods are subject to customs duty relief. Businesses and charities can contact the Export Support Service for help relating to the Ukraine crisis.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4498", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North East Hampshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Ranil Jayawardena"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2022-03-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "previousAnswerVersion" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1437764/answer/previousversion/56226", "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4498", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North East Hampshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Ranil Jayawardena"} } , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2022-03-10T16:05:16.433Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "202"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "International Trade"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "International Trade"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-03-03", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Humanitarian Aid: EU Countries"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the impact of (a) trade rules implemented following the UK's departure from the EU and (b) rules on sending charitable donations of goods to EU countries on the number of shipments of humanitarian aid from the UK to EU countries, such as Greece and Poland.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4419", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Joanna Cherry"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Edinburgh South West"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Joanna Cherry"} ], "uin" : "134030"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1258415", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for International Trade"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1258415/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, last updated in a Written Ministerial Statement on 25th<\/sup> March 2014, sets out the policy framework for assessing all export licence applications.<\/p>"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2020-12-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Sonar: Export Controls"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the Government's policy is on granting export licences for non-military sonar equipment to (a) China and (b) a third country where the purchaser is a Chinese registered firm.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1258417", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for International Trade"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1258417/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " HM Government publishes Official Statistics on export licences granted, refused and revoked to all destinations on GOV.UK, on a quarterly and annual basis. These reports contain detailed information including the overall value, type (e.g. Military, Other) and a summary of the items covered by these licences.<\/ins><\/p> This information is available at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data.<\/a> The most recent publication was on 13th<\/sup> October 2020, covering the period 1st<\/sup> April \u2013 30th<\/sup> June 2020.<\/ins><\/p> Internal records held indicate, in each quarter between Q1 2018 and Q2 2020, the longest an application has taken to process a Standard Individual Export Licence (SIEL) by HM Government, is as follows:<\/ins><\/p> <\/ins><\/p> <\/ins><\/p> Period<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td> Longest an application has taken, in working days<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Q1 2018<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td> 901<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Q2 2018<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td> 887<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Q3 2018<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td> 1018<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Q4 2018<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td> 424<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Q1 2019<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td> 576<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Q2 2019<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td> 730<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Q3 2019<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td> 431<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Q4 2019<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td> 573<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Q1 2020<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td> 488<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Q2 2020<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td> 549<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4498", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2020-12-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Export Controls"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate she has made of the longest number of days her Department has taken to make an export licence decision from the date of the initial request to the date of the first decision being communicated to the applicant in each quarter of (a) 2018, (b) 2019 and (c) 2020.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1258422", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for International Trade"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1258422/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " HM Government publishes Official Statistics on export licences granted, refused and revoked to all destinations on GOV.UK, on a quarterly and annual basis.<\/p>I refer the Hon. Lady to the answer I gave on 8th<\/sup> December 2020 to Question (UIN: 124773).<\/del><\/p>