Free trade agreements of the United Kingdom

See also: United Kingdom–Crown Dependencies Customs Union

Following its withdrawal from the European Union on 31 January 2020, the United Kingdom began negotiations on several free trade agreements to remove or reduce tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade, both to establish new agreements and to replace previous EU trade agreements. Withdrawal ended 47 years of membership during which all its trading agreements were negotiated by the European Commission on behalf of the bloc. The UK did not actually withdraw from the European Single Market and the European Union Customs Union (and its trade agreements) until 31 December 2020.

Free trade agreements of the United Kingdom

  United Kingdom

  Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories

  Active agreements

  Renegotiating active agreements

  Agreement in principle

  Negotiations ongoing

  Trade bloc applicants

  Discussions ongoing

These treaties are divided into two types of free trade agreements: continuity agreements and 'new' agreements. Continuity agreements, also named rollover agreements, make use of a mutatis mutandis concept in order to quickly replicate the existing EU agreements, only having to call out those minor areas of differentiation. Most continuity treaties were provisionally applied, or through a "bridging mechanism", thus continuity was achieved.^[1] Trade agreements negotiated after Brexit are termed 'new', or enhanced agreements: these agreements have been negotiated from scratch or have been renegotiated to expand the deal since Brexit.^[2]

As of December 2024^[update], the United Kingdom has 39 active free trade agreements with nations and trade blocs, covering 102 countries and territories.^[3][1] Five of these are 'new' trade agreements, such as with Australia and New Zealand.^[4] The UK is also a member of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership. The remaining 33 are continuity agreements. Furthermore, the UK has a customs union with its three Crown Dependencies.^[5] The UK has further arrangements covering free trade with its 14 British Overseas Territories.^[6]

The United Kingdom has only suspended negotiations for a trade deal on one occasion; it suspended negotiations for a post-Brexit Canada Free Trade Agreement on 25 January 2024.^[7]

Competence and ratification

According to UK law the United Kingdom Parliament has the power to pass law in all policy areas.^[8]

The UK's negotiating team will consult with its Strategic Trade Advisory Group throughout the negotiations.^[9]

Ratification

The responsibility for concluding treaties involving the UK lies with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs. This remains the case even when the negotiation of the treaty is led by another government department.^[10]

The Foreign & Commonwealth Office's legal advisers and Treaty Section:

• must be given the opportunity to comment on the drafts of all treaties under negotiation
• will advise on the form and substance of the treaty, though not substance which is technical and of which the other government department is the expert
• will advise on related matters such as the production of Full Powers and Instruments of Ratification
• will produce original signature copies of treaties and advise on the treaty signing ceremony
• will arrange for the treaty to be published and laid before Parliament
• is responsible for the registration of these treaties with the United Nations, allowing their subsequent publication in the United Nations Treaty Series
• will transfer of the treaties to the National Archives for preservation^[10]

Unless expressly authorised to do so by the United Kingdom government, Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories do not have the authority to contract treaties in their own right. The UK must extend the territorial scope of its ratification of treaties to include them. This may be done either at the time of ratification, or at some later date.^[10]

Active agreements

The following free trade agreements are currently in effect. Signature and entry into force dates are as listed by the World Trade Organization.^[3]

Independent Agreements

The following bilateral and plurilateral free trade agreements are currently active independently from a trade bloc:

Nation(s)	No. of nations represented	Agreement[1]	Signed	Effective	Coverage	Type	Mechanism[1]	Trade value (2023)[1][11]	Ref.
Albania	1	Albania–UK Partnership, Trade and Cooperation Agreement	5 February 2021	3 May 2021	Goods & Services	Continuity	Full ratification	£362m	[12][13]
Andean Countries Colombia[a] Ecuador Peru	3	Andean Countries–UK Trade Agreement	15 May 2019	1 January 2021	Goods & Services	Continuity	Full ratification	£4,051m	[15][16]
Australia	1	Australia–UK Free Trade Agreement	16 December 2021	31 May 2023	Goods & Services	New	Full ratification	£20,036m	[17][18]
Cameroon	1	Cameroon–UK Economic Partnership Agreement	28 December 2020	1 January 2021	Goods	Continuity	Full ratification	£1,029m	[19][20]
Canada	1	Canada–UK Trade Continuity Agreement	22 December 2020	1 January 2021	Goods & Services[b]	Continuity	Full ratification	£26,287m	[22][23]
CARIFORUM Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Dominica Dominican Republic Grenada Guyana Jamaica Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname[c] Trinidad and Tobago	14	CARIFORUM–UK Economic Partnership Agreement	22 March 2019[d]	1 January 2021	Goods & Services	Continuity	Provisional application	£5,537m	[26][27]
Central America Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama	6	Central America–UK Association Agreement	18 July 2019	1 January 2021	Goods & Services	Continuity	Full ratification	£2,478m	[28][29]
Chile	1	Chile–UK Association Agreement	30 January 2019	1 January 2021	Goods & Services	Continuity	Full ratification	£1,804m	[30][31]
Eastern and Southern Africa Madagascar[e] Mauritius Seychelles Zimbabwe	4	Eastern and Southern Africa–UK Economic Partnership Agreement	31 January 2019	1 January 2021	Goods	Continuity	Full ratification	£2,027m[f]	[33][34]
Egypt	1	Egypt–UK Association Agreement	5 December 2020	1 January 2021	Goods	Continuity	Full ratification	£4,659m	[35][36]
European Union 27 members  Akrotiri and Dhekelia[g]  Andorra[h]  Austria  Belgium  Bulgaria  Croatia  Cyprus  Czech Republic  Denmark  Estonia  Finland  France  Germany  Greece  Hungary  Ireland  Italy  Latvia  Lithuania  Luxembourg  Malta  Monaco[i]  Netherlands  Poland  Portugal  Romania  San Marino[j]  Slovakia  Slovenia  Spain  Sweden	31[k]	EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement	30 December 2020	1 January 2021	Goods & Services	New	Full ratification	£805,000m	[37][38]
Faroe Islands	1	Faroe Islands–UK Free Trade Agreement	31 January 2019	1 January 2021	Goods	Continuity	Full ratification	£1,108m	[39][40]
Georgia	1	Georgia–UK Strategic Partnership and Cooperation Agreement	21 October 2019	1 January 2021	Goods & Services	Continuity	Full ratification	£500m	[41][42]
Ghana	1	Ghana–UK Interim Trade Partnership Agreement	2 March 2021	5 March 2021	Goods	Continuity	Provisional application	£1,188m	[43][44]
Iceland Liechtenstein[l] Norway	3	Iceland–Liechtenstein–Norway–UK Free Trade Agreement	8 July 2021	1 December 2021	Goods & Services	New	Full ratification	£41,537m[m]	[45][46]
Israel	1	Israel–UK Trade and Partnership Agreement	18 February 2019	1 January 2021	Goods	Continuity	Full ratification	£6,137m	[47][48]
Ivory Coast	1	Ivory Coast–UK Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement	15 October 2020	1 January 2021	Goods	Continuity	Full ratification	£841m	[49][50]
Japan	1	Japan–UK Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement	23 October 2020	1 January 2021	Goods & Services	New	Full ratification	£27,575m	[51][52]
Jordan	1	Jordan–UK Association Agreement	5 November 2019	1 May 2021	Goods	Continuity	Full ratification	£1,313m	[53][54]
Kenya	1	Kenya–UK Economic Partnership Agreement	8 December 2020	1 January 2021	Goods	Continuity	Full ratification	£1,427m	[55][56]
Kosovo	1	Kosovo–UK Partnership, Trade and Cooperation Agreement	3 December 2019	1 January 2021	Goods	Continuity	Full ratification	£12m	[57][40]
Lebanon	1	Lebanon–UK Association Agreement	19 September 2019	1 January 2021	Goods	Continuity	Full ratification	£1,131m	[58][59]
Liechtenstein[n] Switzerland	2	Switzerland–Liechtenstein–UK Trade Agreement	11 February 2019	1 January 2021	Goods	Continuity	Full ratification	£50,817m[o]	[61][62]
Mexico	1	Mexico–UK Trade Continuity Agreement	15 December 2020	1 June 2021	Goods & Services	Continuity	Full ratification	£6,599m	[63][64]
Moldova	1	Moldova–UK Strategic Partnership, Trade and Cooperation Agreement	24 December 2020	1 January 2021	Goods & Services	Continuity	Full ratification	£1,478m	[65][66]
Morocco	1	Morocco–UK Association Agreement	26 October 2019	1 January 2021	Goods	Continuity	Provisional application	£3,524m	[67][68]
New Zealand	1	New Zealand–UK Free Trade Agreement	28 February 2022	31 May 2023	Goods & Services	New	Full ratification	£3,100m	[69][70]
North Macedonia	1	North Macedonia–UK Partnership, Trade and Cooperation Agreement	3 December 2020	1 January 2021	Goods & Services	Continuity	Provisional application	£2,507m	[71][72]
Pacific States Fiji Papua New Guinea Samoa[p] Solomon Islands[q]	4	Pacific States–UK Economic Partnership Agreement	14 March 2019	1 January 2021	Goods	Continuity	Provisional application	£390m	[75][76]
Palestinian Authority	1	Palestinian Authority–UK Political, Trade and Partnership Agreement	18 February 2019	1 January 2021	Goods	Continuity	Full ratification	£38m	[77][78]
Serbia	1	Serbia–UK Partnership, Trade and Cooperation Agreement	16 April 2021	20 May 2021	Goods & Services	Continuity	Full ratification	£1,018m	[79][80]
Singapore	1	Singapore–UK Free Trade Agreement	10 December 2020	1 January 2021	Goods & Services	Continuity[r]	Full ratification	£22,327m	[83][84]
South Korea	1	South Korea–UK Trade Agreement	22 August 2019	1 January 2021	Goods & Services	Continuity	Full ratification	£16,331m	[85][86]
Southern Africa Customs Union and Mozambique Botswana Eswatini Lesotho Mozambique Namibia South Africa	6	SACUM–UK Economic Partnership Agreement	9 October 2019[s]	1 January 2021	Goods	Continuity	Full ratification	£11,420m	[88][89]
Tunisia	1	Tunisia–UK Association Agreement	4 October 2019	1 January 2021	Goods	Continuity	Full ratification	£693m	[90][91]
Turkey	1	Turkey–UK Trade Agreement	29 December 2020	1 January 2021	Goods	Continuity	Provisional application	£25,817m	[92][93]
Ukraine	1	Ukraine–UK Political, Free Trade and Strategic Partnership Agreement	8 October 2020	1 January 2021	Goods & Services	Continuity[t]	Full ratification	£1,523m	[96][97]
Vietnam	1	UK–Vietnam Free Trade Agreement	29 December 2020	1 January 2021	Goods & Services	Continuity	Provisional application	£5,859m	[98][99]

Trade bloc membership

Main article: Accession of the United Kingdom to CPTPP

  CPTPP Signatories

  United Kingdom

  Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories

The United Kingdom is currently a member of one trade bloc, which covers multilateral free trade with fellow members.

Trade bloc	No. of nations represented	Signed	Effective	Coverage	Trade value[1]	Ref.
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Australia Brunei Canada[u] Chile Japan Malaysia Mexico[u] New Zealand Peru Singapore Vietnam	11	16 July 2023	15 December 2024[v]	Goods & Services	£120,851m[w]	[100][101]

Dependencies

The following agreements govern the United Kingdom's free trade with British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.

Nation(s)	No. of nations represented	Signed	Effective	Coverage	Treaty	Trade value (2023)[102]	Comment	Ref.
Akrotiri and Dhekelia	31	30 December 2020	1 January 2021	Goods & Services	New	£823,100m	Trade with the UK is governed within the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, due to Akrotiri and Dhekelia remaining a part of the European Union customs union.	[103][104]
Crown Dependencies Customs Union Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey	3	26 November 2018	9 December 2020	Goods & Services	New	£13,153m	The United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies established a customs union which created a free trade area between the territories, and creates a common external tariff with other countries.	[105][5]
Gibraltar	1	24 October 2019	1 January 2021	Goods & Services	Continuity	£7,236m	Trade with Gibraltar is governed under the 'Financial Services and Markets Act 2000', Gibraltar and the UK amended this act in order to continue the agreement they had in the European Economic Area.	[106]
Overseas Territories Anguilla Bermuda British Antarctic Territory British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Falkland Islands Montserrat Pitcairn Islands Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Turks and Caicos Islands	12	9 November 2020	1 January 2021	Goods	Continuity	£10,591m	This arrangement acts as a continuity free trade agreement between 12 Overseas Territories and the UK.	[6][107]

Negotiations

The United Kingdom is currently pursuing free trade agreements with new countries using three methods. The first of which is negotiating completely new trade agreements with a country. The second is through a country applying and acceding to a trade bloc of which the United Kingdom is currently a member of. The third way is through encouraging countries to join existing plurilateral trade agreements.

Ongoing negotiations

The United Kingdom is currently negotiating free trade agreements with the following countries and trade blocs:^[4]

Nation (s)	No of nations represented	Agreement	Coverage	Type	Trade value (2023)[1][102]	Status	Progress	Ref.
Algeria	1	Algeria–UK Association Agreement	Goods	Continuity	£2,303m	Negotiations stagnated	A continuity trade agreement has been offered to Algeria; neither party has signed the agreement.	[108]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	Bosnia and Herzegovina–UK Partnership, Trade and Cooperation Agreement	Goods & Services	Continuity	£255m	Negotiations stagnated	A continuity trade agreement has been offered to Bosnia and Herzegovina; neither party has signed the agreement.	[109][108]
Canada	1	Canada–UK Free Trade Agreement	Goods & Services	New	£26,287m	Negotiations suspended	Negotiations suspended on 25 January 2024 by the United Kingdom; the two sides have completed eight rounds of talks since 2022.	[110][111]
Greenland	1	Greenland–UK Free Trade Agreement	Goods	New	£12m	Negotiations stagnated	Negotiations opened on 27 January 2022.	[112][113]
Gulf Cooperation Council Bahrain Kuwait Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates	6	Gulf Cooperation Council–UK Free Trade Agreement	Goods & Services	New	£57,433m	Negotiations ongoing	Sixth round of negotiations concluded on 9 February 2024.	[114][115]
India	1	India–UK Free Trade Agreement	Goods & Services	New	£38,978m	Negotiations concluded	Agreement in principle reached on 6 May 2025.	[116][117]
Israel	1	Israel–UK Free Trade Agreement	Goods & Services	New	£6,137m	Negotiations ongoing	Fifth round of negotiations concluded on 17 April 2024.	[118][119]
Maldives	1	Maldives–UK Free Trade Agreement	Goods	New	£492m	Discussions ongoing	Trade consultation closed on 2 August 2023.	[120][121]
Mexico	1	Mexico–UK Free Trade Agreement	Goods & Services	New	£6,599m	Negotiations ongoing	Third round of negotiations concluded on 19 May 2023.	[122][123]
Montenegro	1	Montenegro–UK Partnership, Trade and Cooperation Agreement	Goods & Services	Continuity	£156m	Negotiations stagnated	A continuity trade agreement has been offered to Montenegro; neither party has signed the agreement.	[109][108]
South Korea	1	South Korea–UK Free Trade Agreement	Goods & Services	New	£18,349m	Negotiations ongoing	Fourth round of negotiations concluded on 21 March 2025.	[124][125]
Switzerland	1	Switzerland–UK Free Trade Agreement	Goods & Services	New	£50,817m	Negotiations ongoing	Sixth round of negotiations concluded on 10 March 2025.	[126][127]
Thailand	1	Thailand–UK Free Trade Agreement	Goods & Services	New	£6,026m	Discussions ongoing	Enhanced Trade Partnership signed on 18 September 2024; exploratory FTA talks ongoing.	[128][129]
Turkey	1	Turkey–UK Free Trade Agreement	Goods & Services	New	£25,817m	Negotiations ongoing	Negotiations opened on 14 March 2024.	[130][131]
United States	1	UK–United States Free Trade Agreement	Goods & Services	New	£310,840m	Negotiations stagnated	Fifth round of negotiations concluded on 30 October 2020.	[132][133]

Trade bloc applicants

The following countries have applied to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade bloc of which the United Kingdom is a member of.

Country	Application	Negotiations opened	Status	Bilateral trade value (2023)[1][102]	Existing FTA	Ref.
China	16 September 2021	pending	Formal application submitted	£90,243m	none	[134][135]
Costa Rica	11 August 2022	29 November 2024	Invitation to join received	£1,143m	Central America–UK Association Agreement	[136][137]
Ecuador	29 December 2021	pending	Formal application submitted	£475m	Andean Countries–UK Trade Agreement	[138][139]
Indonesia	19 September 2024	pending	Formal application submitted	£2,999m	none	[140][141]
Taiwan	22 September 2021	pending	Formal application submitted under the name of "The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu (TPKM)."	£7,433m	none	[142][143]
Ukraine	5 May 2023	pending	Formal application submitted	£1,523m	Ukraine–UK Political, Free Trade and Strategic Partnership Agreement	[144][145]
Uruguay	1 December 2022	pending	Formal application submitted	£409m	none	[146][147]

Potential enlargement

The following countries can accede to an existing plurilateral Economic Partnership Agreement with the United Kingdom.

Nation(s)	Trade agreement being joined	Status	Ref.
Haiti	CARIFORUM	Haiti will be covered by the CARIFORUM–UK Economic Partnership Agreement if they sign it and bring it into effect.	[148]
Comoros Zambia	Eastern and Southern Africa	Out of the remaining COMESA members, Comoros, and Zambia have agreements in place allowing them to join the ESA–UK Economic Partnership Agreement: Comoros signed the agreement on 12 April 2022 and will be covered by the EPA when they bring it into effect. Zambia will be covered by the EPA if they sign it and bring it into effect.	[149][32]
East African Community Burundi DR Congo Rwanda Somalia South Sudan Tanzania Uganda	Kenya	Article 143 of the UK–Kenya Economic Partnership Agreement enables any other East African Community member to make an accession request to the UK–Kenya EPA Council.	[150][151]
Cook Islands Kiribati Marshall Islands Micronesia Nauru Niue Palau Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu	Pacific States	The Pacific States–UK Economic Partnership Agreement states that 10 other Pacific nations are currently eligible to apply for accession. Tonga has shown interest in acceding to the EPA.	[152]

Obsolete agreements

The following free trade agreements were previously active, however they have since been superseded or terminated. Signature, entry into force and obsolete dates are as listed by the World Trade Organization.^[3]

Former Independent Agreements

The following bilateral and plurilateral free trade agreements were previously active independently from a trade bloc:

Nation(s)	No of nations represented	Agreement	Signed	Effective	Obsolete	Coverage	Information	Superseded by	Ref.
Ireland	1	Ireland–United Kingdom Free Trade Area	19 December 1965	1 July 1966	1 January 1973	Goods	The Free Trade Area was agreed to after both nations' bids to join the European Economic Community were rejected. This agreement was superseded upon both parties' accession to the EEC.	European Economic Community	[153][154]
Colombia	1	Colombia–UK Trade Continuity Agreement	18 October 2019	1 January 2021	28 June 2022	Goods & Services	The Trade Continuity Agreement was a provisionally applied FTA. It existed following Brexit but prior to Colombia's ratification of the Andean Countries–UK Trade Agreement, which went on to supersede this agreement.	Andean Countries–UK Trade Agreement	[155]
Iceland  Norway	2	Iceland–Norway–UK Trade Agreement	8 December 2020	1 January 2021	1 September 2022	Goods	The Iceland–Norway–UK Trade Agreement was a continuity trade agreement that plurilaterally covered both Iceland–UK trade as well as Norway–UK trade. The agreement was superseded by a new plurilateral FTA which expanded the coverage to include services, additionally covering Liechtenstein–UK trade.	Free Trade Agreement between Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and the UK	[156][157][158]

Former trade bloc memberships

The United Kingdom was previously a member of the following trade blocs, which covered multilateral free trade with fellow members.

Nation(s)	No. of nations represented	Signed	Effective	Obsolete	Coverage	Note	Superseded by	Ref.
European Free Trade Association  Austria  Denmark  Iceland[x]  Norway  Portugal  Sweden   Switzerland	7	4 January 1960	3 May 1960	31 December 1972	Goods & Services	The UK was a founding member of the European Free Trade Association, but left the organisation to join the European Economic Community, along with Denmark.	European Economic Community	[159][160]
European Economic Community  Belgium  Denmark  France  Greece[y]  Ireland  Italy  Luxembourg  Netherlands  Portugal[z]  Spain[aa] West Germany/Germany[ab]	11	22 January 1972	1 January 1973	1 November 1993	Goods & Services	The UK joined the European Economic Community, along with Denmark and Ireland. The EEC was incorporated into the European Union.	European Union	[161][162][163]
European Union 27 members  Austria[ac]  Belgium  Bulgaria[ad]  Croatia[ae]  Cyprus[af]  Czechia[ag]  Denmark  Estonia[ah]  Finland[ai]  France  Germany  Greece  Hungary[aj]  Ireland  Italy  Latvia[ak]  Lithuania[al]  Luxembourg  Malta[am]  Netherlands  Poland[an]  Portugal  Romania[ao]  Slovakia[ap]  Slovenia[aq]  Spain  Sweden[ar]	27	7 February 1992	1 November 1993	1 January 2021	Goods & Services	Following the result of the Brexit referendum, the UK invoked Article 50 in March 2017. The UK officially withdrew from the EU on the 1 January 2021.	Trade and Cooperation Agreement	[164][165]

EU agreements

The following agreements are European Union free trade agreements, of which the United Kingdom was a party until Brexit; however continuity agreements were not reached to replace them.

Nation (s)	No of nations represented	Signed	Effective	Obsolete	Coverage	Note	Ref.
Algeria	1	22 April 2002	1 September 2005	1 January 2021	Goods	The UK has no free trade agreement with Algeria.	[166]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	16 June 2008	1 June 2015	1 January 2021	Goods & Services	The UK has no free trade agreement with Bosnia and Herzegovina.	[167][109]
EU Overseas Countries and Territories Aruba Bonaire Curaçao French Polynesia French Southern and Antarctic Lands Greenland New Caledonia Saba Saint Barthélemy Saint Pierre and Miquelon Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten Wallis and Futuna	13	27 November 2001	2 December 2001	1 January 2021	Goods	The UK has no free trade agreement with any of the EU Overseas Countries and Territories. Greenland and the UK have opened negotiations for a free trade agreement.	[168][169]
Montenegro	1	15 October 2007	1 May 2010	1 January 2021	Goods & Services	The UK has no free trade agreement with Montenegro.	[170][109]

Largest trading partners

Export and import markets for goods and services in 2023, seasonally adjusted
Figures in £billions sterling

Exports				Imports
Rank	Trade Partner	£billions	% of Total	Rank	Trade Partner	£billions	% of Total
	European Union	356.3	41.4%		European Union	450.9	51.5%
1.	United States[as]	186.7	21.7%	1.	United States	115.4	13.2%
2.	Germany (EU member)	63.0	7.3%	2.	Germany (EU member)	87.6	10.0%
3.	Ireland (EU member)	57.7	6.7%	3.	Netherlands (EU member)	64.3	7.3%
4.	Netherlands (EU member)	52.5	6.1%	4.	France (EU member)	60.2	6.9%
5.	France (EU member)	44.6	5.2%	5.	China	59.4	6.8%
6.	China	33.3	3.9%	6.	Spain (EU member)	41.2	4.7%
7.	Switzerland (EFTA)	30.2	3.5%	7.	Belgium (EU member)	31.7	3.6%
8.	Italy (EU member)	31.6	3.6%	8.	Italy (EU member)	31.6	3.6%
9.	Spain (EU member)	19.7	2.3%	9.	Ireland (EU member)	30.3	3.5%
10.	Italy (EU member)	18.9	2.2%	10.	Norway (EFTA)	30.2	3.4%
	EU	356.3	41.4%		EU	450.9	51.5%
	Non EU	505.0	58.6%		Non EU	425.4	48.5%
	World	861.2	100%		World	876.3	100%

Historically, WTO imports and exports are based on the rule of origin, while EU imports/exports are based on single market statistics.

The figures above are for 2023^[171]

See also

• Accession of the United Kingdom to CPTPP
• Economic Partnership Agreements
• Free trade agreements of Canada
• Free trade agreements of India
• Free trade agreements of Israel
• Free trade agreements of New Zealand
• Free trade agreements of the European Union
• Free trade agreements of the United States
• Free trade agreements of Turkey
• Foreign relations of the United Kingdom
• List of multilateral free trade agreements
• List of bilateral free trade agreements
• United Kingdom common framework policies
• United Kingdom–Crown Dependencies Customs Union

Notes

1. Joined 28 June 2022.^[14]
2. The agreement only covered goods until 1 April 2021 when it expanded to cover services.^[21]
3. Joined 5 March 2021.^[24]
4. Trinidad and Tobago signed on 1 April 2019.
   Dominican Republic signed on 4 April 2019.
   Antigua and Barbuda signed on 6 June 2019.
   The Bahamas signed on 27 November 2019.
   Suriname signed on 4 March 2021.^[25]
5. Joined 1 August 2024.^[32]
6. This figure was published prior to Madagascar's accession to the Economic Partnership Agreement; thus excludes trade with Madagascar.
7. As an integral part of the EU Customs Union, Akrotiri and Dhekelia-UK trade is covered by this agreement.
8. Under the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement, the UK and the EU have agreed that Andorra be treated as a member of the EUCU. Therefore, Andorra-UK trade is covered by this agreement.^[1]
9. As an integral part of the EU Customs Union, Monaco-UK trade is covered by this agreement.
10. Under the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement, the UK and the EU have agreed that San Marino be treated as a member of the EUCU. Therefore, San Marino-UK trade is covered by this agreement.^[1]
11. This agreement covers the 27 EU members, additionally it governs UK trade with Andorra, Monaco, San Marino, as well as the British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia.^[1]
12. Due to the Swiss-Liechtenstein customs union, goods from Liechtenstein are governed in the Switzerland–Liechtenstein–UK FTA.
13. This figure only represents trade value between the UK and the cumulative value of Iceland and Norway. Liechtenstein trade accounts for 168m but is divided between two agreements.^[1]
14. This treaty only governs Liechtenstein's goods due to the Swiss-Liechtenstein customs union. Liechtenstein–UK trade is governed by the Iceland–Liechtenstein–Norway–UK FTA.^[60]
15. This figure only represents trade value between the UK and Switzerland. Liechtenstein trade accounts for 168m but is divided between two agreements.^[1]
16. Joined 11 January 2021^[73]
17. Joined 5 January 2021^[74]
18. Expanded upon by the Singapore–UK Digital Economy Agreement to cover digital trade, after entering into force on 14 June 2022.^[81][82]
19. South Africa signed the agreement on 16 October 2019.^[87]
20. Expanded upon by the Ukraine–UK Digital Trade Agreement to cover digital trade, after entering into force on 1 September 2024.^[94][95]
21. Has not yet ratified the UK’s accession to CPTPP.
22. Trade with Australia entered into force on 24 December 2024.
23. This figure only accounts for UK trade with the 7 CPTPP member states currently covered by the treaty, thus excludes Canada and Mexico.
24. Joined 1 January 1970
25. Joined 1 January 1981
26. Joined 1 January 1986
27. Joined 1 January 1986
28. German reunification took place in 1990
29. Joined 1 January 1995
30. Joined 1 January 2007
31. Joined 1 July 2013
32. Joined 1 May 2004
33. Joined 1 May 2004
34. Joined 1 May 2004
35. Joined 1 January 1995
36. Joined 1 May 2004
37. Joined 1 May 2004
38. Joined 1 May 2004
39. Joined 1 May 2004
40. Joined 1 May 2004
41. Joined 1 January 2007
42. Joined 1 May 2004
43. Joined 1 May 2004
44. Joined 1 January 1995
45. including Puerto Rico