PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(12 December 2024)

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of UK carbon emissions from imports from (a) China and (b) the rest of the world in each year since 2010.

Asked by:
Nick Timothy (Conservative)

Information about the Carbon footprint for the UK is published here : Carbon footprint for the UK and England to 2021 - GOV.UK

Data is available up to 2021.

The total carbon footprint now includes the seven main Greenhouse Gases comprising: CO₂, Methane (CH₄), Nitrous oxide (N₂O), Hydro-flourocarbons (HFC), Perflurocarbons (PFC), Nitrogen trifluoride (NF₃) and Sulphur hexafluoride (SF₆).

We do not hold information on total UK emissions but can provide those associated with consumption. UK consumption emission figures are provided in the table below.

Table 1: Breakdown of UK consumption emissions by region of import 2010 to 2021, million tonnes CO2 equivalent, UK

Year	Imports from Europe	Imports from China	Imports from USA	Imports from RoW
2010	87	54	25	170
2011	87	56	26	177
2012	91	54	26	190
2013	93	54	24	188
2014	96	63	26	181
2015	103	59	24	176
2016	102	49	21	148
2017	112	41	16	153
2018	119	41	18	163
2019	118	41	19	158
2020	104	41	17	149
2021	128	50	21	182

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