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UK trade agreements in effect

Find out about trade agreements that can be used now.

This page does not cover trading with the EU. The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement treaty covers all UK trade with the EU.

Businesses can trade under agreements with the following countries and trade blocs.

Some of these agreements are subject to provisional application. This means the effects or specified provisions of the agreement are applied before the agreement has formally entered into force. Provisional application has legal effect.

Agreement Country Entry into effect mechanism Total UK trade with countries, 2023 (£ million)
Albania Albania Full ratification 362
Andean countries Colombia Full ratification 4,051 (total for Andean countries)
Andean countries Ecuador Full ratification 4,051 (total for Andean countries)
Andean countries Peru Full ratification 4,051 (total for Andean countries)
Australia Australia Full ratification 20,036
Cameroon Cameroon Full ratification 1,029
Canada Canada Full ratification 26,287
CARIFORUM trade bloc Antigua and Barbuda Provisional application 5,537 (total for CARIFORUM trade bloc)
CARIFORUM trade bloc Bahamas Provisional application 5,537 (total for CARIFORUM trade bloc)
CARIFORUM trade bloc Barbados Provisional application 5,537 (total for CARIFORUM trade bloc)
CARIFORUM trade bloc Belize Provisional application 5,537 (total for CARIFORUM trade bloc)
CARIFORUM trade bloc Dominica Provisional application 5,537 (total for CARIFORUM trade bloc)
CARIFORUM trade bloc Dominican Republic Provisional application 5,537 (total for CARIFORUM trade bloc)
CARIFORUM trade bloc Grenada Provisional application 5,537 (total for CARIFORUM trade bloc)
CARIFORUM trade bloc Guyana Provisional application 5,537 (total for CARIFORUM trade bloc)
CARIFORUM trade bloc Jamaica Provisional application 5,537 (total for CARIFORUM trade bloc)
CARIFORUM trade bloc St. Kitts and Nevis Provisional application 5,537 (total for CARIFORUM trade bloc)
CARIFORUM trade bloc Saint Lucia Provisional application 5,537 (total for CARIFORUM trade bloc)
CARIFORUM trade bloc St. Vincent and the Grenadines Provisional application 5,537 (total for CARIFORUM trade bloc)
CARIFORUM trade bloc Suriname Provisional application 5,537 (total for CARIFORUM trade bloc)
CARIFORUM trade bloc Trinidad and Tobago Provisional application 5,537 (total for CARIFORUM trade bloc)
Central America Costa Rica Full ratification 2,478 (total for Central America)
Central America El Salvador Full ratification 2,478 (total for Central America)
Central America Guatemala Full ratification 2,478 (total for Central America)
Central America Honduras Full ratification 2,478 (total for Central America)
Central America Nicaragua Full ratification 2,478 (total for Central America)
Central America Panama Full ratification 2,478 (total for Central America)
Chile Chile Full ratification 1,804
Côte d’Ivoire Côte d’Ivoire Full ratification 841
Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) trade bloc Madagascar Full ratification 2,027 (total for Eastern and Southern Africa trade bloc)
Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) trade bloc Mauritius Full ratification 2,027 (total for Eastern and Southern Africa trade bloc)
Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) trade bloc Seychelles Full ratification 2,027 (total for Eastern and Southern Africa trade bloc)
Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) trade bloc Zimbabwe Full ratification 2,027 (total for Eastern and Southern Africa trade bloc)
Egypt Egypt Full ratification 4,659
Faroe Islands Faroe Islands Full ratification 1,108
Georgia Georgia Full ratification 500
Ghana Ghana Provisional application 1,188
Iceland and Norway Iceland Provisional application 41,537 (total for Iceland and Norway)
Iceland and Norway Norway Provisional application 41,537 (total for Iceland and Norway)
Israel Israel Full ratification 6,137
Japan Japan Full ratification 27,575
Jordan Jordan Full ratification 1,313
Kenya (2) Kenya Full ratification 1,427
Kosovo Kosovo Full ratification 12
Lebanon Lebanon Full ratification 1,131
Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Full ratification 168
Mexico Mexico Full ratification 6,599
Moldova Moldova Full ratification 1,478
Morocco Morocco Provisional application 3,524
New Zealand New Zealand Full ratification 3,100
North Macedonia North Macedonia Provisional application 2,507
Pacific states Fiji Provisional application 390 (total for Pacific States)
Pacific states Papua New Guinea Provisional application 390 (total for Pacific States)
Pacific states Samoa Provisional application 390 (total for Pacific States)
Pacific states Solomon Islands Provisional application 390 (total for Pacific States)
Palestinian Authority Palestinian Authority Full ratification 38
Serbia Serbia Full ratification 1,018
Singapore Singapore Full ratification 22,327
South Korea South Korea Full ratification 16,331
Southern Africa Customs Union and Mozambique (SACUM) trade bloc Botswana Full ratification 11,420 (total for SACUM trade bloc)
Southern Africa Customs Union and Mozambique (SACUM) trade bloc Eswatini Full ratification 11,420 (total for SACUM trade bloc)
Southern Africa Customs Union and Mozambique (SACUM) trade bloc Lesotho Full ratification 11,420 (total for SACUM trade bloc)
Southern Africa Customs Union and Mozambique (SACUM) trade bloc Mozambique Full ratification 11,420 (total for SACUM trade bloc)
Southern Africa Customs Union and Mozambique (SACUM) trade bloc Namibia Full ratification 11,420 (total for SACUM trade bloc)
Southern Africa Customs Union and Mozambique (SACUM) trade bloc South Africa Full ratification 11,420 (total for SACUM trade bloc)
Switzerland Switzerland Full ratification 50,817
Tunisia Tunisia Full ratification 693
Turkey Turkey Provisional application 25,817
Ukraine Ukraine Full ratification 1,523
Vietnam Vietnam Provisional application 5,859

1) Source of trade statistics: ONS UK total trade: all countries, seasonally adjusted October to December 2023.

2) This agreement is open to accession by other members of East African Community.

Trade with countries in a customs union with the EU

Andorra and San Marino are members of the EU Customs Union.

Under the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement, the UK and the EU have agreed that the following be treated as originating in the EU:

  • all products originating in San Marino

  • all non-agricultural products (chapters 25 to 97) originating in Andorra.

This will only hold if Andorra and San Marino apply to UK products the same preferences as the EU applies to them.

These products benefit from zero tariffs, where they meet the relevant rules of origin.

Trade with Andorra of agricultural products (chapters 1 to 24) is not in scope of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement and takes place under WTO terms.

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Published 3 November 2022
Last updated 22 October 2024 + show all updates
  1. Added trade agreement with Madagascar.

  2. Updated values for total UK trade with each country and bloc.

  3. Updated values for total UK trade with each country and bloc.

  4. Updated Moldova's 'Entry into effect mechanism' to 'Full ratification'.

  5. Updated values for total UK trade with each country and bloc.

  6. Updated the Ghana entry to full ratification.

  7. Added trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand.

  8. Updated values for total UK trade with each country and bloc.

  9. Updated values for total UK trade with Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) trade bloc.

  10. Values for total UK trade with each country/bloc updated.

  11. Updated values for total UK trade with each country/bloc.

  12. First published.

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