AreaUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Commodity GroupGrains

CommodityGrains

Date16/08/2022

Policy CategoryTrade

Policy InstrumentTrade policy

DescriptionLaunched the Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) in a bid to improve developing countries’ access to its market, effective early 2023. The Scheme applies to 65 developing countries, including beneficiaries of the current European Union Generalized System of Preferences (GSP). Compared to the GSP, lower tariffs are offered on an additional 156 products and simpler rules of origin apply. Under DCTS, duty-free access is granted to several agrifood products, including wheat, barley, rice flour and rolled or flaked maize grains. However, preferential rates of duty on imports may be suspended for some products from certain developing countries once they are deemed to no longer need preferences to compete in the UK market.