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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Henry Saker-Clark

£3bn worth of small parcels shipped to UK from China amid duty rules review

Around £3 billion worth of small parcels were shipped from the UK to China last year under a heavily criticised import tax exemption, according to new figures.

Chinese fast fashion giant Shein and Temu are among retailers understood to regularly distribute products to the UK in small packages which then face no customs duty.

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