Preference utilisation of UK trade in goods, 2022
2022 statistics on the UK’s utilisation of tariff preferences for imports and exports under PTAs, including trade in goods between Great Britain and the EU under the TCA.
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Statistics on the UK’s utilisation of tariff preferences for imports and exports under preferential trade agreements (PTAs).
It includes trade in goods between Great Britain and the EU under the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), covering the period after the UK left the EU.
Preference Utilisation Rates (PURs) measure the extent to which tariff preferences provided by trade agreements are being used, in goods where preferential tariff rates are available and lower than the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) rate.
A PUR is normally presented as a percentage and reflects the value of goods traded under tariff preferences as a share of the total value of goods eligible for preferences (meaning to what extent a preferential tariff is being used).
Following initial publication on 13 February 2025, some errors with figures presented in the ‘Preference utilisation of UK goods in 2022’ HTML section of this publication were identified. This does not impact the database and aggregate supporting tables.
The following updates have been made:
- the preference utilisation headline figure for UK goods exported to South Korea has been rewritten to reflect this is among non-EU partners
- the preference utilisation headline figure for UK goods exported to Turkey has been rewritten to reflect this is among non-EU partners
- the headline comment for Figure 2, specifically the value of ‘Animals and animal product imports’ from non-EU partners that used a preferential tariff in 2022, has been corrected to £1,160 million. The previous figure was not updated correctly during the original production process
If you have any comments or questions on this update, please contact statistics@businessandtrade.gov.uk.
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Errors in 'Preference utilisation of UK goods in 2022' document addressed.
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First published.