How the reclaim data pages are built

What the data is

Each reclaim data page reports on a slice of BorderAudit's post-clearance audit work — for example a sector, a relief type or a duty category. The figures are aggregated across the audits in that slice. They describe recoverable duty and import VAT identified by the audit, and are never single-client values.

Sample size & date range

Every page states the number of underlying audits in its slice and the date range of the records analysed. Slices below our anonymisation floor are not published at all. The current slices are:

• Duty Reclaim in Fashion & Retail Imports — 149 audits, Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 (illustrative sample — not yet published)
• Duty Reclaim in UK Manufacturing Imports — 52 audits, Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 (illustrative sample — not yet published)

Anonymisation

No client is identifiable from any figure. Aggregates are only reported where the slice is large enough that no individual importer can be inferred. “Recovered” (money HMRC has paid out) and “identified” (surfaced by the audit but not yet settled) values are never blended, and each page states which it is reporting.

Rounding & disclosure

Headline currency figures are rounded to one significant figure. Percentages and counts are reported as ranges rather than exact single-client values. Where a figure comes from a specific verified case rather than an aggregate, the page says so and does not round the case amount.

Sample data notice

Some pages currently render illustrative sample data while the template is being built and reviewed. Those pages are not indexed and are excluded from the sitemap until they are backed by reviewed, anonymised data. Sample pages carry a visible banner.