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Market access barrier statistics

Annual and quarterly headline statistics on reported and resolved market access barriers published by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT).

• From: Department for Business and Trade
• Published: 14 September 2023
• Last updated: 14 March 2024 — See all updates

The market access barriers (MAB) statistics contain headline figures on:

• total number of reported and resolved barriers
• reported and resolved barriers by His Majesty’s Trade Commissioner (HMTC) regions and sectors (sector data is included in annual release only)
• total numbers of trading partners where barriers were reported and resolved
• previous financial year’s or quarter’s revised data to allow for comparison across time

Market access barrier annual statistics

Find annual market access barrier statistics in the National Archives for:

• 2020 to 2021
• 2021 to 2022

• Market access barrier statistics 2022 to 2023
  • 9 August 2023
  • Official Statistics

Market access barrier quarterly statistics

• Market access barrier quarterly statistics October to December 2023
  • 14 March 2024
  • Official Statistics
• Market access barrier quarterly statistics July to September 2023
  • 18 December 2023
  • Official Statistics
• Market access barrier quarterly statistics April to June 2023
  • 18 December 2023
  • Official Statistics

Quarterly statistics technical annex

• Market access barrier quarterly statistics: technical annex
  • 14 September 2023
  • Official Statistics

Published 14 September 2023
Last updated 14 March 2024 + show all updates

1. 14 March 2024

   Market access barrier quarterly statistics October to December 2023, including user change note, added to document collection.

2. 18 December 2023

   Market access barrier quarterly statistics April to June 2023 added to document collection.

3. 14 December 2023

   Quarterly statistics technical annex added to document collection.

4. 14 September 2023

   First published.