World Tariff Profiles
2023
SPECIAL TOPICS 1. World Tariff Profiles: the evolution of market access over 16 years 2. MTN Categories: product classification for WTO trade statistics and policy analysis
United Kingdom United Kingdom Part A.1
Tariffs and imports: Summary and duty ranges
Summary
Total
Simple average final bound
5.1
Ag
Non-Ag
11.5
4.1
WTO member since
1995
Binding coverage:
MFN applied Simple average Trade weighted average Imports in billion US$
Frequency distribution
Total
100
Non-Ag
100
2022 2022
3.8
9.4
2.9
Ag: Tariff quotas (in %)
13.4
3.2
12.0
2.2
Ag: Special safeguards (in % )
30.2
2021
666.9
67.0
599.9
Duty-free
0 <= 5
5 <= 10
10 <= 15
15 <= 25
25 <= 50
50 <= 100
> 100
NAV
Tariff lines and import values (in %)
in %
Agricultural products Final bound
30.4
11.5
18.2
13.2
12.6
8.6
2.8
0.5
33.2
MFN applied
2022
38.7
10.9
19.0
10.4
10.9
7.1
2.3
0.2
26.2
Imports
2021
17.9
14.4
36.4
9.5
9.6
9.1
2.9
0.0
32.2
Non-agricultural products Final bound
29.7
33.2
28.0
7.4
1.5
0.1
0
0
0.5
MFN applied
2022
55.2
17.8
19.3
6.2
1.3
0
0
0
0.3
Imports
2021
63.0
16.3
16.6
3.6
0.5
0
0
0
0.3
Part A.2
Tariffs and imports by product groups Final bound duties
Product groups
AVG
Duty-free
Max
Binding
in %
MFN applied duties
AVG
in %
Duty-free
Imports Max
in %
Share
Duty-free
in %
in %
Animal products
16.3
28.4
122
100
16.0
28.2
122
1.1
Dairy products
39.1
0
176
100
35.2
0.2
146
0.4
0
Fruit, vegetables, plants
10.8
19.7
142
100
7.3
31.4
59
2.3
15.8
Coffee, tea
5.9
27.1
14
100
5.3
31.3
14
0.8
17.9
Cereals & preparations
14.2
5.6
82
100
10.8
18.1
81
1.6
7.2
Oilseeds, fats & oils
4.9
48.1
88
100
5.3
55.7
68
0.7
60.4
Sugars and confectionery
21.2
0
90
100
20.2
11.8
89
0.6
2.1
Beverages & tobacco
19.1
18.4
130
100
16.5
23.0
130
1.6
17.1
Cotton
0.0
100.0
0
100
0.0
100.0
0
0.0
100.0
Other agricultural products
4.1
65.2
331
100
2.3
76.3
58
0.8
40.2
Fish & fish products
12.0
5.4
26
100
10.8
8.8
25
0.6
12.8
Minerals & metals
1.9
50.4
12
100
0.8
82.4
12
22.6
90.3
Petroleum
3.2
16.7
5
100
1.6
33.3
4
5.6
92.7
Chemicals
4.6
21.6
17
100
3.0
40.7
7
13.3
46.1
Wood, paper, etc.
1.0
81.3
12
100
0.7
85.6
10
6.2
90.1
Textiles
6.5
2.1
12
100
5.1
30.8
12
1.7
11.7
Clothing
11.5
0
12
100
11.4
0
12
2.5
0
Leather, footwear, etc.
4.1
27.1
17
100
3.1
39.2
16
1.7
6.3
Non-electrical machinery
1.7
29.6
10
100
0.6
78.7
8
11.4
77.6
Electrical machinery
1.9
42.1
14
100
0.8
71.9
14
9.4
53.2
Transport equipment
4.5
16.7
22
100
3.2
54.3
18
9.4
14.8
Manufactures, n.e.s.
2.0
36.6
10
100
0.8
63.2
4
5.5
67.1
Part B
11.0
Exports to major trading partners and duties faced Bilateral imports
Major markets
in million US$
Diversification
MFN AVG of
Pref.
95% trade in no. of
traded TL
margin
TL
Value
Weighted
in %
in %
HS 2-digit
HS 6-digit
Simple
Weighted
Duty-free imports
Agricultural products 1. European Union
2021
13,923
30
456
18.3
16.1
16.1
100.0
100.0
2. United States of America
2021
2,053
17
53
6.7
1.4
0.0
29.3
71.8
3. China
2021
1,195
15
33
13.5
11.1
0.0
5.6
1.9
4. Singapore
2021
715
11
36
0.5
0.2
0.2
100.0
100.0
5. Chinese Taipei
2021
565
5
8
11.7
0.6
0.0
23.1
94.5 100.0
Non-agricultural products
188
1. European Union
2021
141,064
69
1,661
4.7
2.7
2.7
100.0
2. United States of America
2021
49,836
56
775
3.9
1.1
0.0
40.5
67.9
3. Switzerland
2021
36,290
16
56
1.5
0.1
0.1
99.5
100.0
4. China
2021
24,352
49
473
6.1
5.0
0.0
12.1
34.7
5. Hong Kong, China
2021
9,068
36
162
0.0
0.0
0.0
100.0
100.0
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