§ Mr. MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate he has made of the value of goods from the United Kingdom exported to non-EU countries for onward export to third countries. [140010]
§ Mr. CabornThere are no estimates for the value of goods exported from the United Kingdom to non-EU countries for onward export to third countries.
HM Customs and Excise are the Department responsible for collecting and recording statistics on the movement of goods with other countries. Trade with non-EU countries is recorded from customs declarations submitted at exportation. UK exports are produced on the basis of the declared final country of destination. Some trade in goods recorded as exports to non-EU destinations may subsequently be shipped to other destinations—for instance, as part of further commercial transactions. Information on such movements would not be available to the UK.
The collection and provision of statistical information is kept under regular review.
However, there are no immediate plans to collect information on goods exported from the United Kingdom to non-EU countries and subsequently re-exported to third countries.