Policy paper

Continuing the UK's trade relationship with Central America: parliamentary report

The government’s approach to maintaining continuity in the trade relationship between the UK and Central American countries from 1 January 2021.

• From: Department for Business and Trade and Department for International Trade
• Published: 6 August 2019

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Documents

Continuing the UK's trade relationship with Central America

PDF, 953 KB, 40 pages

Details

This agreement is in short-form. It must be read alongside the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Union and its member states and Central America.

The Central American countries are:

• Costa Rica
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Nicaragua
• Panama

This report contains:

• an overview of the agreement
• economic analysis of trade between the UK and Central America
• an explanation of any changes or significant differences between the UK-Central America agreement and the EU-Central America agreement

It also includes information on:

• tariffs
• rules of origin
• origin quotas
• services
• government procurement

Published 6 August 2019