Tyres: Imports
The question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data her Department holds on the volumes of imported single-life budget tyres for heavy goods vehicles, including buses and lorries, for a) 2023 b) 2024, and c) the period between 1 January 2025 and 1 August 2025.
Answered by Dan Tomlinson
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is responsible for the collection and publication of data on imports and exports of goods to and from the UK.
Heavy goods vehicle tyres for buses or lorries are classified under commodity code 401120. 401190 would be used for other tyres in this subheading for example motor cars, agricultural and forestry vehicles. However, we are not able to distinguish between single-life budget tyres, and other kinds of tyres within these commodity codes.
HMRC releases imports and exports information monthly, as an Accredited Official Statistic called the Overseas Trade in Goods Statistics (OTS), which is available via their dedicated website (www.uktradeinfo.com).
If you need help or support in constructing a table from the data on uktradeinfo, please contact uktradeinfo@hmrc.gov.uk.
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