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Written question asked by Mark Williams (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 18 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 20 January 2010. It was answered by Stephen Timms (Labour) on Monday, 25 January 2010 on behalf of the Treasury.

Imports: Morocco

Question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how much has been received by the Exchequer in duties collected from companies importing (a) produce and (b) goods into the UK from Moroccan settlements in occupied Western Sahara in the last 12 months for which figures are available;
Answer

As a member of the European Union, the UK operates European Union customs legislation and tariff measures at its borders. European customs procedures do not contain a separate country code for Western Sahara. The absence of a specific country code means that the information requested is not available, and it is not possible to put in place the monitoring procedure requested.The information requested on imports into the UK from Morocco are provided in the following table.

Consignments imported into the UK from Morocco
Number Value (£)
2007 91,972 409,919,889
2008 73,580 406,090,728
2009 59,962 302,691,526

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
504 c597-8W; 312310
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Imports Morocco
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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