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Origin Marking: Israeli Settlements

Asked by Brendan O'HaraScottish National PartyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 15 May 2025UIN 51387

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information his Department holds on whether goods originating from Israeli settlements are labelled as originating from within Israel’s pre-1967 borders.

Answered by Mr Douglas Alexander

The overseas business risk guidance, available on gov.uk, provides information for UK operators on how goods from Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories should be labelled. Where there are doubts about the declared origin of goods, HMRC will undertake checks to verify the origin of those goods to ensure compliance.

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