World Tariff Profiles
2022
SPECIAL TOPICS 1. Preferential rules of origin in international trade 2. Non-tariff measures on “green” and “brown” energy products
United Kingdom United Kingdom Part A.1
Tariffs and imports: Summary and duty ranges
Summary
Total
Simple average final bound Simple average MFN applied
Ag
Non-Ag
5.3
12.5
4.1
3.9
10.0
3.0
Trade weighted average
2021 2020
4.1
14.5
3.0
Imports in billion US$
2020
623.0
63.6
559.4
5 <= 10
10 <= 15
Duty-free
Frequency distribution
0 <= 5
WTO member since
1995
Binding coverage:
Total
100
Non-Ag
100
Ag: Tariff quotas (in %)
13.4
Ag: Special safeguards (in % )
30.2
15 <= 25
25 <= 50
50 <= 100
> 100
NAV
Tariff lines and import values (in %)
in %
Agricultural products 30.4
10.0
18.4
13.5
10.8
10.9
3.4
0.5
33.2
MFN applied
Final bound 2021
39.5
9.5
18.8
10.0
10.2
8.6
2.7
0.1
26.4
Imports
2020
14.7
9.8
30.1
12.7
11.0
12.2
4.5
0.0
40.5 0.5
Non-agricultural products 29.7
33.3
28.0
7.4
1.5
0.1
0
0
MFN applied
Final bound 2021
54.6
18.2
19.1
6.6
1.4
0
0
0
0.3
Imports
2020
52.0
24.4
17.1
5.2
1.2
0.0
0
0
0.3
Part A.2
Tariffs and imports by product groups Final bound duties
Product groups
AVG
Duty-free
Max
in %
Binding
MFN applied duties
AVG
in %
Duty-free
Imports Max
in %
Share
Duty-free
in %
in %
Animal products
16.9
28.4
93
100
16.5
28.4
92
1.4
7.3
Dairy products
40.7
0
152
100
37.7
0.2
138
0.6
0.0
Fruit, vegetables, plants
11.4
19.7
174
100
7.7
32.2
78
2.5
7.2
6.1
27.1
20
100
5.6
31.3
20
0.8
23.0
Coffee, tea Cereals & preparations Oilseeds, fats & oils
16.2
5.6
56
100
12.2
18.1
40
1.8
6.7
5.5
48.1
83
100
4.6
59.0
83
0.7
48.9
Sugars and confectionery
27.2
0
96
100
25.6
11.8
96
0.2
7.5
Beverages & tobacco
20.5
18.4
144
100
17.5
24.4
143
1.6
17.7
Cotton
0.0
100.0
0
100
0.0
100.0
0
0.0
100.0
Other agricultural products
4.5
65.2
331
100
2.7
76.3
65
0.6
43.1
12.0
5.4
26
100
10.8
8.5
25
0.7
6.0
1.9
50.4
12
100
0.8
82.5
12
24.0
83.7
Fish & fish products Minerals & metals Petroleum
3.2
16.7
5
100
1.6
33.3
4
4.0
90.9
Chemicals
4.6
21.6
17
100
3.0
40.8
7
11.8
50.1
Wood, paper, etc.
1.0
81.3
12
100
0.6
87.5
10
4.1
84.3
Textiles
6.5
2.1
12
100
5.1
31.1
12
2.4
2.4
Clothing
11.5
0
12
100
11.4
0
12
3.7
0
4.1
27.1
17
100
3.1
39.2
16
2.1
6.3
Leather, footwear, etc. Non-electrical machinery
1.7
29.6
10
100
0.6
77.9
8
11.2
38.6
Electrical machinery
1.9
42.1
14
100
0.8
69.0
14
8.9
57.9
Transport equipment
4.5
16.7
22
100
3.2
52.7
18
10.8
2.9
Manufactures, n.e.s.
2.0
36.6
10
100
0.8
62.8
4
6.0
59.2
Part B
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
HS 2-digit
HS 6-digit
Simple
Weighted
Weighted
Duty-free imports TL
Value
in %
in %
Agricultural products 1. European Union
2020
15,976
30
500
18.0
15.6
15.6
100.0
100.0
2. United States of America
2020
2,045
19
54
5.6
1.9
0.0
30.8
73.8
3. China
2020
1,173
14
31
12.5
11.3
0.0
4.7
2.9
4. Singapore
2020
662
13
35
0.4
0.2
0.0
99.2
99.8
5. Australia
2020
504
16
46
1.9
3.6
0.0
63.3
29.8
1. European Union
2020
148,072
73
1,869
4.8
2.9
2.9
100.0
100.0
2. United States of America
2020
43,970
53
756
3.9
1.2
0.0
40.7
62.2
3. China
2020
24,194
51
480
6.1
4.7
0.0
12.1
31.6
4. Switzerland
2020
16,359
34
231
1.5
0.2
0.2
99.5
100.0
5. Hong Kong, China
2020
9,113
30
148
0.0
0.0
0.0
100.0
100.0
Non-agricultural products
188
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