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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).

Market access barrier annual statistics

The annual 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
  • total numbers of trading partners where barriers were reported and resolved
  • previous financial year’s revised data to allow for comparison across time

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

Market access barrier quarterly statistics

The quarterly statistics contain headline figures on:

  • total number of resolved barriers
  • resolved barriers by His Majesty’s Trade Commissioner (HMTC) regions
  • total numbers of trading partners where barriers were resolved
  • previous quarter’s revised data to allow for comparison across time

Quarterly statistics technical annex

Updates to this page

Published 14 September 2023
Last updated 13 June 2024 + show all updates
  1. Market access barrier statistics 2023 to 2024 and market access barrier quarterly statistics January to March 2024 added to collection page.

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

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

  4. Quarterly statistics technical annex added to document collection.

  5. First published.