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Origin Marking: Occupied Territories

Asked by Phil BrickellLabourDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 28 April 2025UIN 45255

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent estimate his Department has made of the proportion of goods labelled as originating from within Israel’s pre-1967 borders which actually originate from Israeli settlements.

Answered by Mr Douglas Alexander

HMRC are responsible for the conduct of origin verification checks on imported goods. Where there are doubts about the declared origin of goods, HMRC will undertake checks to verify the origin of those goods to ensure fiscal compliance. Data on imports from Israel is available on www.uktradeinfo.com/trade-data.

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