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Preference utilisation of UK trade in goods: technical annex

Technical annex for the statistics on the UK’s utilisation of tariff preferences for imports and exports under preferential trade agreements (PTAs).

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Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade and Department for Business and Trade
Published:
13 February 2025
Last updated:
23 April 2026
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  1. Section 1.9 added, covering the UK’s accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) multilateral free trade agreement.

  2. The formula in Section 1.6 of the 'Preference utilisation of UK trade in goods: official statistics technical annex' was updated to read: TF = ((MFN Zero + FTA Zero + GSP/DCTS Zero) ÷ (Total Imports excluding Special Processing – Unknown Imports)) × 100.

  3. Page updated to reflect the data sources and methodology used in producing the ‘Preference utilisation of UK trade in goods, 2023’. Section 1.8 added to reflect changes to Generalised Scheme of Preferences and Developing Countries Trading Scheme. Additional terms added to glossary.

  4. First published.

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This publication is the technical annex to the official statistics on the UK’s utilisation of tariff preferences for imports and exports under PTAs.

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