In May 2025, British respondents said that tariffs imposed by the United States on the country would negatively affect the British car industry. With only ** percent, personal finance was the category in which respondents believed they would be least impacted.

United Kingdom UK: Tariff Rate: Applied: Simple Mean: All Products data was reported at 2.480 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2.610 % for 2015. United Kingdom UK: Tariff Rate: Applied: Simple Mean: All Products data is updated yearly, averaging 2.610 % from Dec 1988 (Median) to 2016, with 29 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.010 % in 1990 and a record low of 2.090 % in 2013. United Kingdom UK: Tariff Rate: Applied: Simple Mean: All Products data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.World Bank: Trade Tariffs. Simple mean applied tariff is the unweighted average of effectively applied rates for all products subject to tariffs calculated for all traded goods. Data are classified using the Harmonized System of trade at the six- or eight-digit level. Tariff line data were matched to Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3 codes to define commodity groups. Effectively applied tariff rates at the six- and eight-digit product level are averaged for products in each commodity group. When the effectively applied rate is unavailable, the most favored nation rate is used instead. To the extent possible, specific rates have been converted to their ad valorem equivalent rates and have been included in the calculation of simple mean tariffs.; ; World Bank staff estimates using the World Integrated Trade Solution system, based on data from United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's Trade Analysis and Information System (TRAINS) database and the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Integrated Data Base (IDB) and Consolidated Tariff Schedules (CTS) database.; ;

United Kingdom UK: Tariff Rate: Applied: Weighted Mean: All Products data was reported at 1.960 % in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.890 % for 2015. United Kingdom UK: Tariff Rate: Applied: Weighted Mean: All Products data is updated yearly, averaging 2.270 % from Dec 1988 (Median) to 2016, with 29 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.280 % in 1995 and a record low of 1.310 % in 2012. United Kingdom UK: Tariff Rate: Applied: Weighted Mean: All Products data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.World Bank: Trade Tariffs. Weighted mean applied tariff is the average of effectively applied rates weighted by the product import shares corresponding to each partner country. Data are classified using the Harmonized System of trade at the six- or eight-digit level. Tariff line data were matched to Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3 codes to define commodity groups and import weights. To the extent possible, specific rates have been converted to their ad valorem equivalent rates and have been included in the calculation of weighted mean tariffs. Import weights were calculated using the United Nations Statistics Division's Commodity Trade (Comtrade) database. Effectively applied tariff rates at the six- and eight-digit product level are averaged for products in each commodity group. When the effectively applied rate is unavailable, the most favored nation rate is used instead.; ; World Bank staff estimates using the World Integrated Trade Solution system, based on data from United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's Trade Analysis and Information System (TRAINS) database and the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Integrated Data Base (IDB) and Consolidated Tariff Schedules (CTS) database.; ;

Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, all products (%) in United Kingdom was reported at 1.13 % in 2022, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. United Kingdom - Tariff rate, applied, simple mean, all products - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on November of 2025.

In the third quarter of 2025, the value of exports from the United Kingdom amounted to approximately 234 billion British pounds, while imports to the country amounted to around 238 billion pounds, resulting in a trade deficit of around 4.5 billion pounds in this quarter. During this time period, the value of UK exports was highest in the fourth quarter of 2022, with the value of imports peaking in the first quarter of 2025. The UK's main trade partners Despite the UK leaving the EU in 2020 following the Brexit referendum of 2016, Europe remains the main destination for UK exports, with almost half of UK exports heading there in 2023. During the same year, just over 60 percent of imports came from European countries, compared with around 17.9 percent from countries in Asia, and 11.8 percent from the Americas. In terms of individual countries, the United States was the UK's leading export partner for both goods and services from the UK, while Germany was the main source of UK goods imports, and the U.S. for service imports. It is as yet unclear how the return of Donald Trump to the White House will impact UK/US trade relations, should the President follow through with threats made on the campaign trail to increase trade tariffs. Brexit rethink under Starmer? Although generally more pro-European than the previous government, the new Labour government, led by Keir Starmer, does not plan to rejoin the European Union, or the Single Market. Public opinion, while gradually turning against Brexit recently, has not coalesced around a particular trading relationship. In late 2023, a survey indicated that while 31 percent of British adults wanted to rejoin the EU, a further 30 percent wanted to simply improve relations with the EU, instead of rejoining. Just 11 percent of respondents wanted to join the single market but not the EU, while 10 percent were happy with the relationship as it was. At the start of 2025, after several months in office, the new government has not signalled any major change in direction regarding on this, but has broadly signalled it wants a better relationship with the EU.

In 2024, the gross domestic product (GDP) of the United Kingdom grew by 0.9 percent and is expected to grow by just one percent in 2025 and by 1.9 percent in 2026. Growth is expected to slow down to 1.8 percent in 2027, and then grow by 1.7, and 1.8 percent in 2027 and 2028 respectively. The sudden emergence of COVID-19 in 2020 and subsequent closure of large parts of the economy were the cause of the huge 9.4 percent contraction in 2020, with the economy recovering somewhat in 2021, when the economy grew by 7.6 percent. UK growth downgraded in 2025 Although the economy is still expected to grow in 2025, the one percent growth anticipated in this forecast has been halved from two percent in October 2024. Increased geopolitical uncertainty as well as the impact of American tariffs on the global economy are some of the main reasons for this mark down. The UK's inflation rate for 2025 has also been revised, with an annual rate of 3.2 percent predicated, up from 2.6 percent in the last forecast. Unemployment is also anticipated to be higher than initially thought, with the annual unemployment rate likely to be 4.5 percent instead of 4.1 percent. Long-term growth problems In the last two quarters of 2023, the UK economy shrank by 0.1 percent in Q3 and by 0.3 percent in Q4, plunging the UK into recession for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. Even before that last recession, however, the UK economy has been struggling with weak growth. Although growth since the pandemic has been noticeably sluggish, there has been a clear long-term trend of declining growth rates. The economy has consistently been seen as one of the most important issues to people in Britain, ahead of health, immigration and the environment. Achieving strong levels of economic growth is one of the main aims of the Labour government elected in 2024, although after almost one year in power it has so far proven elusive.

United Kingdom UK: Tariff Rate: Most Favored Nation: Weighted Mean: Manufactured Products data was reported at 3.220 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 3.310 % for 2015. United Kingdom UK: Tariff Rate: Most Favored Nation: Weighted Mean: Manufactured Products data is updated yearly, averaging 3.340 % from Dec 1988 (Median) to 2016, with 29 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7.590 % in 1990 and a record low of 3.100 % in 2000. United Kingdom UK: Tariff Rate: Most Favored Nation: Weighted Mean: Manufactured Products data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.World Bank.WDI: Trade Tariffs. Weighted mean most favored nations tariff is the average of most favored nation rates weighted by the product import shares corresponding to each partner country. Data are classified using the Harmonized System of trade at the six- or eight-digit level. Tariff line data were matched to Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3 codes to define commodity groups and import weights. Import weights were calculated using the United Nations Statistics Division's Commodity Trade (Comtrade) database. Manufactured products are commodities classified in SITC revision 3 sections 5-8 excluding division 68.; ; World Bank staff estimates using the World Integrated Trade Solution system, based on data from United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's Trade Analysis and Information System (TRAINS) database and the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Integrated Data Base (IDB) and Consolidated Tariff Schedules (CTS) database.; ;

United Kingdom UK: Tariff Rate: Most Favored Nation: Weighted Mean: All Products data was reported at 3.160 % in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.960 % for 2015. United Kingdom UK: Tariff Rate: Most Favored Nation: Weighted Mean: All Products data is updated yearly, averaging 3.480 % from Dec 1988 (Median) to 2016, with 29 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7.380 % in 1995 and a record low of 2.640 % in 2012. United Kingdom UK: Tariff Rate: Most Favored Nation: Weighted Mean: All Products data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.World Bank: Trade Tariffs. Weighted mean most favored nations tariff is the average of most favored nation rates weighted by the product import shares corresponding to each partner country. Data are classified using the Harmonized System of trade at the six- or eight-digit level. Tariff line data were matched to Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3 codes to define commodity groups and import weights. Import weights were calculated using the United Nations Statistics Division's Commodity Trade (Comtrade) database.; ; World Bank staff estimates using the World Integrated Trade Solution system, based on data from United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's Trade Analysis and Information System (TRAINS) database and the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Integrated Data Base (IDB) and Consolidated Tariff Schedules (CTS) database.; ;

This study will analyse the potential economic impact of a lack of the Trade Continuity Agreement between Canada and the United Kingdom when the United Kingdom would no longer be a legal party to Canada-EU treaties, including CETA as of January 1, 2021. In the absence of a transitional agreement or a trade agreement between Canada and the United Kingdom, bilateral trade between the two countries would be governed by WTO rules alone, and the goods trade between Canada and the United Kingdom would be subject to WTO most-favoured nation (MFN) duties. Neither Canada nor the United Kingdom would continue to benefit from the preferential market access currently provided for under CETA. In May 2020, the United Kingdom announced the applied MFN tariff schedule referred to as the UK Global Tariff (UKGT), which would take effect after the post-Brexit transition period. The United Kingdom’s bound tariff rates—the highest tariffs that the United Kingdom could apply—have not yet been certified at the WTO. The proposed bound tariffs are almost identical to the EU’s Common External Tariffs (CET). The analysis that follows explores the economic implications of the two scenarios where Canada-U.K. trade reverts to MFN conditions: the U.K. applied tariffs (UKGT) and the U.K. bound tariffs (EU CET). The benefits from increased certainty for the services sectors under CETA would also be removed.

United Kingdom UK: Tariff Rate: Most Favored Nation: Simple Mean: All Products data was reported at 5.690 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 5.720 % for 2015. United Kingdom UK: Tariff Rate: Most Favored Nation: Simple Mean: All Products data is updated yearly, averaging 6.130 % from Dec 1988 (Median) to 2016, with 29 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9.010 % in 1995 and a record low of 5.440 % in 2009. United Kingdom UK: Tariff Rate: Most Favored Nation: Simple Mean: All Products data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.World Bank.WDI: Trade Tariffs. Simple mean most favored nation tariff rate is the unweighted average of most favored nation rates for all products subject to tariffs calculated for all traded goods. Data are classified using the Harmonized System of trade at the six- or eight-digit level. Tariff line data were matched to Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3 codes to define commodity groups.; ; World Bank staff estimates using the World Integrated Trade Solution system, based on data from United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's Trade Analysis and Information System (TRAINS) database and the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Integrated Data Base (IDB) and Consolidated Tariff Schedules (CTS) database.; ;

United Kingdom UK: Tariff Rate: Most Favored Nation: Simple Mean: Primary Products data was reported at 10.310 % in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 10.280 % for 2015. United Kingdom UK: Tariff Rate: Most Favored Nation: Simple Mean: Primary Products data is updated yearly, averaging 10.400 % from Dec 1988 (Median) to 2016, with 29 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 17.540 % in 1995 and a record low of 6.900 % in 1988. United Kingdom UK: Tariff Rate: Most Favored Nation: Simple Mean: Primary Products data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.World Bank.WDI: Trade Tariffs. Simple mean most favored nation tariff rate is the unweighted average of most favored nation rates for all products subject to tariffs calculated for all traded goods. Data are classified using the Harmonized System of trade at the six- or eight-digit level. Tariff line data were matched to Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3 codes to define commodity groups. Primary products are commodities classified in SITC revision 3 sections 0-4 plus division 68 (nonferrous metals).; ; World Bank staff estimates using the World Integrated Trade Solution system, based on data from United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's Trade Analysis and Information System (TRAINS) database and the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Integrated Data Base (IDB) and Consolidated Tariff Schedules (CTS) database.; ;

United Kingdom UK: Tariff Rate: Applied: Weighted Mean: Primary Products data was reported at 2.060 % in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.600 % for 2015. United Kingdom UK: Tariff Rate: Applied: Weighted Mean: Primary Products data is updated yearly, averaging 2.650 % from Dec 1988 (Median) to 2016, with 29 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8.810 % in 1995 and a record low of 1.120 % in 2012. United Kingdom UK: Tariff Rate: Applied: Weighted Mean: Primary Products data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.World Bank: Trade Tariffs. Weighted mean applied tariff is the average of effectively applied rates weighted by the product import shares corresponding to each partner country. Data are classified using the Harmonized System of trade at the six- or eight-digit level. Tariff line data were matched to Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3 codes to define commodity groups and import weights. To the extent possible, specific rates have been converted to their ad valorem equivalent rates and have been included in the calculation of weighted mean tariffs. Import weights were calculated using the United Nations Statistics Division's Commodity Trade (Comtrade) database. Effectively applied tariff rates at the six- and eight-digit product level are averaged for products in each commodity group. When the effectively applied rate is unavailable, the most favored nation rate is used instead. Primary products are commodities classified in SITC revision 3 sections 0-4 plus division 68 (nonferrous metals).; ; World Bank staff estimates using the World Integrated Trade Solution system, based on data from United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's Trade Analysis and Information System (TRAINS) database and the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Integrated Data Base (IDB) and Consolidated Tariff Schedules (CTS) database.; ;

United Kingdom UK: Tariff Rate: Applied: Simple Mean: Primary Products data was reported at 5.320 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 5.330 % for 2015. United Kingdom UK: Tariff Rate: Applied: Simple Mean: Primary Products data is updated yearly, averaging 6.230 % from Dec 1988 (Median) to 2016, with 29 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 13.060 % in 1995 and a record low of 4.990 % in 2013. United Kingdom UK: Tariff Rate: Applied: Simple Mean: Primary Products data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.World Bank: Trade Tariffs. Simple mean applied tariff is the unweighted average of effectively applied rates for all products subject to tariffs calculated for all traded goods. Data are classified using the Harmonized System of trade at the six- or eight-digit level. Tariff line data were matched to Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3 codes to define commodity groups. Effectively applied tariff rates at the six- and eight-digit product level are averaged for products in each commodity group. When the effectively applied rate is unavailable, the most favored nation rate is used instead. To the extent possible, specific rates have been converted to their ad valorem equivalent rates and have been included in the calculation of simple mean tariffs. Primary products are commodities classified in SITC revision 3 sections 0-4 plus division 68 (nonferrous metals).; ; World Bank staff estimates using the World Integrated Trade Solution system, based on data from United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's Trade Analysis and Information System (TRAINS) database and the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Integrated Data Base (IDB) and Consolidated Tariff Schedules (CTS) database.; ;

United Kingdom UK: Tariff Rate: Applied: Weighted Mean: Manufactured Products data was reported at 1.960 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2.120 % for 2015. United Kingdom UK: Tariff Rate: Applied: Weighted Mean: Manufactured Products data is updated yearly, averaging 2.250 % from Dec 1988 (Median) to 2016, with 29 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.990 % in 1990 and a record low of 1.490 % in 2013. United Kingdom UK: Tariff Rate: Applied: Weighted Mean: Manufactured Products data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.World Bank: Trade Tariffs. Weighted mean applied tariff is the average of effectively applied rates weighted by the product import shares corresponding to each partner country. Data are classified using the Harmonized System of trade at the six- or eight-digit level. Tariff line data were matched to Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3 codes to define commodity groups and import weights. To the extent possible, specific rates have been converted to their ad valorem equivalent rates and have been included in the calculation of weighted mean tariffs. Import weights were calculated using the United Nations Statistics Division's Commodity Trade (Comtrade) database. Effectively applied tariff rates at the six- and eight-digit product level are averaged for products in each commodity group. When the effectively applied rate is unavailable, the most favored nation rate is used instead. Manufactured products are commodities classified in SITC revision 3 sections 5-8 excluding division 68.; ; World Bank staff estimates using the World Integrated Trade Solution system, based on data from United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's Trade Analysis and Information System (TRAINS) database and the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Integrated Data Base (IDB) and Consolidated Tariff Schedules (CTS) database.; ;

United Kingdom UK: Tariff Rate: Most Favored Nation: Simple Mean: Manufactured Products data was reported at 4.130 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 4.190 % for 2015. United Kingdom UK: Tariff Rate: Most Favored Nation: Simple Mean: Manufactured Products data is updated yearly, averaging 4.540 % from Dec 1988 (Median) to 2016, with 29 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8.510 % in 1990 and a record low of 4.020 % in 2009. United Kingdom UK: Tariff Rate: Most Favored Nation: Simple Mean: Manufactured Products data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.World Bank: Trade Tariffs. Simple mean most favored nation tariff rate is the unweighted average of most favored nation rates for all products subject to tariffs calculated for all traded goods. Data are classified using the Harmonized System of trade at the six- or eight-digit level. Tariff line data were matched to Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3 codes to define commodity groups. Manufactured products are commodities classified in SITC revision 3 sections 5-8 excluding division 68.; ; World Bank staff estimates using the World Integrated Trade Solution system, based on data from United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's Trade Analysis and Information System (TRAINS) database and the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Integrated Data Base (IDB) and Consolidated Tariff Schedules (CTS) database.; ;

United Kingdom UK: Share of Tariff Lines with Specific Rates: All Products data was reported at 0.766 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.913 % for 2015. United Kingdom UK: Share of Tariff Lines with Specific Rates: All Products data is updated yearly, averaging 1.278 % from Dec 1988 (Median) to 2016, with 29 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 17.696 % in 1989 and a record low of 0.000 % in 2014. United Kingdom UK: Share of Tariff Lines with Specific Rates: All Products data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.World Bank.WDI: Trade Tariffs. Share of tariff lines with specific rates is the share of lines in the tariff schedule that are set on a per unit basis or that combine ad valorem and per unit rates. It shows the extent to which countries use tariffs based on physical quantities or other, non-ad valorem measures.; ; World Bank staff estimates using the World Integrated Trade Solution system, based on data from United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's Trade Analysis and Information System (TRAINS) database.; ;

United Kingdom UK: Share of Tariff Lines with Specific Rates: Primary Products data was reported at 2.816 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 3.309 % for 2015. United Kingdom UK: Share of Tariff Lines with Specific Rates: Primary Products data is updated yearly, averaging 4.084 % from Dec 1988 (Median) to 2016, with 29 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 26.064 % in 1988 and a record low of 0.000 % in 2014. United Kingdom UK: Share of Tariff Lines with Specific Rates: Primary Products data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s UK – Table UK.World Bank: Trade Tariffs. Share of tariff lines with specific rates is the share of lines in the tariff schedule that are set on a per unit basis or that combine ad valorem and per unit rates. It shows the extent to which countries use tariffs based on physical quantities or other, non-ad valorem measures. Primary products are commodities classified in SITC revision 3 sections 0-4 plus division 68 (nonferrous metals).; ; World Bank staff estimates using the World Integrated Trade Solution system, based on data from United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's Trade Analysis and Information System (TRAINS) database.; ;

United Kingdom UK: Share of Tariff Lines with International Peaks: Manufactured Products data was reported at 0.298 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.331 % for 2015. United Kingdom UK: Share of Tariff Lines with International Peaks: Manufactured Products data is updated yearly, averaging 0.330 % from Dec 1988 (Median) to 2016, with 29 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8.295 % in 1990 and a record low of 0.189 % in 2012. United Kingdom UK: Share of Tariff Lines with International Peaks: Manufactured Products data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.World Bank.WDI: Trade Tariffs. Share of tariff lines with international peaks is the share of lines in the tariff schedule with tariff rates that exceed 15 percent. It provides an indication of how selectively tariffs are applied. Manufactured products are commodities classified in SITC revision 3 sections 5-8 excluding division 68.; ; World Bank staff estimates using the World Integrated Trade Solution system, based on data from United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's Trade Analysis and Information System (TRAINS) database.; ;

United Kingdom UK: Bound Rate: Simple Mean: All Products data was reported at 4.380 % in 2016. This stayed constant from the previous number of 4.380 % for 2015. United Kingdom UK: Bound Rate: Simple Mean: All Products data is updated yearly, averaging 6.075 % from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2016, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.320 % in 2001 and a record low of 4.090 % in 1995. United Kingdom UK: Bound Rate: Simple Mean: All Products data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.World Bank.WDI: Trade Tariffs. Simple mean bound rate is the unweighted average of all the lines in the tariff schedule in which bound rates have been set. Bound rates result from trade negotiations incorporated into a country's schedule of concessions and are thus enforceable.; ; World Bank staff estimates using the World Integrated Trade Solution system, based on data from World Trade Organization.; ;

United Kingdom UK: Bound Rate: Simple Mean: Manufactured Products data was reported at 3.980 % in 2016. This stayed constant from the previous number of 3.980 % for 2015. United Kingdom UK: Bound Rate: Simple Mean: Manufactured Products data is updated yearly, averaging 4.190 % from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2016, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.240 % in 2006 and a record low of 3.980 % in 2016. United Kingdom UK: Bound Rate: Simple Mean: Manufactured Products data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.World Bank.WDI: Trade Tariffs. Simple mean bound rate is the unweighted average of all the lines in the tariff schedule in which bound rates have been set. Bound rates result from trade negotiations incorporated into a country's schedule of concessions and are thus enforceable. Manufactured products are commodities classified in SITC revision 3 sections 5-8 excluding division 68.; ; World Bank staff estimates using the World Integrated Trade Solution system, based on data from World Trade Organization.; ;