Written question asked by David Drew (Labour) on Monday, 11 June 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 13 June 2018. It was answered by Mel Stride (Conservative) on Tuesday, 19 June 2018 on behalf of the Treasury.

Furs: Imports

Question: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the value of fur imported into the UK from each of the five countries from which we import most fur in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

Answer

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is responsible for the collection and publication of data on UK imports and exports of goods to and from the UK. HMRC releases this information monthly, as a National Statistic called the Overseas Trade in Goods Statistics.

The value of these imports is set out in the tables below. This is based on declared trade so is not an estimate.

Top 5 Import partner countries, per year
Top 5 Import country	Calendar year, 2013
Italy	15,182,580
France	8,453,735
Poland	8,308,938
Russia	5,124,438
Hong Kong	3,744,538
Data source: Overseas Trade Statistics
Top 5 Import country	Calendar year, 2014
Italy	19,318,246
France	10,392,213
Russia	4,535,388
Germany	3,823,248
Poland	3,729,173
Data source: Overseas Trade Statistics
Top 5 Import country	Calendar year, 2015
Italy	16,680,587
France	6,903,365
China	3,818,268
Poland	2,896,137
United States	2,822,736
Data source: Overseas Trade Statistics
Top 5 Import country	Calendar year, 2016
Italy	15,989,878
France	10,291,938
China	4,569,168
United States	2,429,902
Poland	2,134,289
Data source: Overseas Trade Statistics
Top 5 Import country	Calendar year, 2017
Italy	23,800,969
France	11,598,102
China	6,494,754
Turkey	3,281,702
Poland	3,167,872
Data source: Overseas Trade Statistics

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 152040
Session: 2017-19
Transferred: Yes
Subjects: Furs Imports
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Furs: Imports

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