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United Kingdom and the WTO

This page gathers information on the United Kingdom's participation in the WTO. The United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995. It is a member State of the European Union (more info). All EU member States are WTO members, as is the EU (for legal reasons known as the European Communities in WTO matters) in its own right.

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National sites
> The Department of Trade and Industry
> The HM Customs and Excise UK Trade Information Site
(These sites are selected by the delegation of the United Kingdom)

  

Trade Statistics
WTO Statistics Database


News  back to top

 

Goods schedules and tariff data  back to top

  • See the goods schedules gateway for explanations and background
  • For current situation of goods schedules see the European Communities
  • The United Kingdom's Uruguay Round goods schedules are included in those of the European Communities (zip format, 759KB)
  • Tariff profile: See tariff profile for the European Communities

  

Services schedules and MFN exemptions back to top

  • United Kingdom is included in services schedules for the European Communities
  • help on reading a services schedule
  • services database (opens new window)
    You can use this database to retrieve the services schedule for a Member, or to compare services commitments across Members. The database does not include data on current negotiations.
  • all commitments and exemptions on services. Provides the original official documents from the United Kingdom. Not consolidated (i.e. first documents may be amended/substituted by subsequent documents).

  

Trade Policy Reviews of the United Kingdom back to top

The United Kingdom is included in TPRs of the EU/EC
See the TPR gateway for explanations and background

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  • European Communities TPR documents     > search     > help  

  

Dispute cases involving the United Kingdom back to top

The United Kingdom is also included in dispute settlement cases of the EU/EC.

Place your mouse over a dispute number in the table below to see the title of the dispute. Click on the dispute number to go to a page giving detailed information for that dispute.

See the dispute settlement gateway for explanations and background.

  

  

Notifications from the United Kingdom back to top

Notifications submitted by the European Communities are valid for all EU members. However, occasionally individual EU members notify certain measures which are specific to their country only. These are included below.

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> quick help with downloading
> comprehensive help on Documents Online

  • Agriculture (Document code G/AG/N/GBR/*)      > search
  • Antidumping (Document code G/ADP/N/* and GBR)      > search
  • Balance of payments (Document code WT/BOP/N/*)      > search
  • Customs valuation (Document code G/VAL/N/* and GBR)      > search
  • Government procurement (Document code GPA/* and keyword varies)      > search
  • Import licensing (Document code G/LIC/N/* and GBR)      > search
  • Information technology products (Document code varies)      > search
  • Intellectual Property Rights (see TRIPS below)
  • Regional trade Agreements (Document code WT/REG* and N)      > search
  • Rules of origin (Document code G/RO/N/*)      > search
  • Safeguards (Document code G/SG/N/* and GBR)      > search
  • Sanitary and phytosanitary measures (Document code G/SPS/N/GBR/*)      > search
  • Services (Document code S/C/N/*)      > search
  • State trading enterprises (Document code G/STR/N/* and GBR)      > search
  • Subsidies and countervailing measures (Document code G/SCM/N/* and GBR)      > search
  • Technical barriers to trade notifications under the TBT Agreement can be found under the TBT gateway
  • Textiles notifications can be found by Article under the textiles gateway
  • Trade and development (Document code WT/COMTD/N/*)      > search
  • Trade-related investment measures (Document code G/TRIMS/N/* and GBR)      > search
  • TRIPS notifications can be found by Article under the TRIPS gateway

  

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