Trading under WTO rules
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How to trade with other countries if there is no UK trade agreement.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 5
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-17
- Category
- Governance & assurance
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
How to trade with other countries if there is no UK trade agreement. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- WTO and the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) rule
- Windsor Framework
- What to do differently when trading under WTO rules
- Customs procedures and declarations
- Establish the UK origin of your goods for tariff purposes
- Non-preferential rules of origin
- Paying tariffs on imports into the UK
- Paying tariffs on exports from the UK
- Continue to comply with regulations
- Protect your intellectual property
- Changes to trade in services
- Get business visas
- Working in the UK
- Make sure your professional qualification is recognised
- Government procurement contracts
- Freight forwarding
Source and licence
Department for Business and Trade
AttributionDepartment for Business and Trade, ‘Trading under WTO rules’ (updated 22 September 2025), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.017/09/2026