The UK and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
Page summary:
Business guidance, treaty information and other documents to help you understand the UK’s accession to the CPTPP.
Change made:
Amended page to reflect ratification of UK’s membership of CPTPP.
Time updated:
12:00am, 24 December 2024
UK trade agreements in effect
Page summary:
Find out about trade agreements that can be used now.
Change made:
Countries that have ratified the UK’s accession to CPTPP added to list of UK trade agreements in effect.
Time updated:
9:30am, 24 December 2024
Overseas Business Risk for Myanmar (Burma)
Page summary:
Information on key security and political risks which UK businesses may face when operating in Myanmar.
Change made:
Guidance updated with the latest information.
Time updated:
4:10pm, 20 December 2024
UK-Côte d’Ivoire Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement
Page summary:
Documents containing treaty information and a summary of the UK-Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) trade agreement.
Change made:
Disclaimer note concerning the status and location of Annex 2 of the UK-Côte d’Ivoire Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement added to collection page.
Time updated:
11:35am, 20 December 2024
The Welsh economy is set to grow as UK joins major trade group
Page summary:
UK accedes to CPTPP potentially boosting the Welsh economy by £110 million.
Change made:
Added translation
Time updated:
12:54pm, 20 December 2024
Trade and investment core statistics book
Page summary:
A monthly snapshot of the UK’s trade and investment position, summarising trade statistics produced by ONS, HMRC, DBT and others.
Change made:
Trade and investment core statistics book updated with latest statistical data.
Time updated:
9:30am, 20 December 2024
UK trade in numbers
Page summary:
A snapshot of the UK’s latest trade and investment position, summarising statistics produced by ONS, DBT, and UNCTAD.
Change made:
The following sections have been updated to reflect latest published data:2.1 Value of UK total trade.2.2 Total UK exports and imports.3.1 UK exports goods and services.3.3 Top UK goods exports.3.4 Top UK services exports.4.1 UK imports goods and services.4.3 Top UK goods imports.4.4 Top UK services imports.
Time updated:
9:30am, 20 December 2024
Trade and investment factsheets
Page summary:
A snapshot of the UK’s trade and investment positions with individual trading and investment partners overseas.
Change made:
Factsheets updated to reflect the latest data available.
Time updated:
9:30am, 20 December 2024
Trade and investment factsheets (partner names beginning with W to Z)
Page summary:
A snapshot of the UK’s trade and investment positions with individual trading and investment partners overseas, for partners whose name begins with W, X, Y or Z.
Change made:
Factsheets updated to reflect the latest data available.
Time updated:
9:30am, 20 December 2024
Trade and investment factsheets (partner names beginning with G to I)
Page summary:
A snapshot of the UK’s trade and investment positions with individual trading and investment partners overseas, for partners whose name begins with G, H or I.
Change made:
Factsheets updated to reflect the latest data available.
Time updated:
9:30am, 20 December 2024
Trade and investment factsheets (partner names beginning with S)
Page summary:
A snapshot of the UK’s trade and investment positions with individual trading and investment partners overseas, for partners whose name begins with S.
Change made:
Factsheets updated to reflect the latest data available.
Time updated:
9:30am, 20 December 2024
Trade and investment factsheets (partner names beginning with T to V)
Page summary:
A snapshot of the UK’s trade and investment positions with individual trading and investment partners overseas, for partners whose name begins with T, U or V.
Change made:
Factsheets updated to reflect the latest data available.
Time updated:
9:30am, 20 December 2024
Trade and investment factsheets (partner names beginning with A or B)
Page summary:
A snapshot of the UK’s trade and investment positions with individual trading and investment partners overseas, for partners whose name begins with A or B.
Change made:
Factsheets updated to reflect the latest data available.
Time updated:
9:30am, 20 December 2024
Trade and investment factsheets (partner names beginning with P to R)
Page summary:
A snapshot of the UK’s trade and investment positions with individual trading and investment partners overseas, for partners whose name begins with P, Q or R.
Change made:
Factsheets updated to reflect the latest data available.
Time updated:
9:30am, 20 December 2024
Trade and investment factsheets (partner names beginning with C to F)
Page summary:
A snapshot of the UK’s trade and investment positions with individual trading and investment partners overseas, for partners whose name begins with C, D, E or F.
Change made:
Factsheets updated to reflect the latest data available.
Time updated:
9:30am, 20 December 2024
Trade and investment factsheets (partner names beginning with J to L)
Page summary:
A snapshot of the UK’s trade and investment positions with individual trading and investment partners overseas, for partners whose name begins with J, K or L.
Change made:
Factsheets updated to reflect the latest data available.
Time updated:
9:30am, 20 December 2024
Trade and investment factsheets (partner names beginning with M to O)
Page summary:
A snapshot of the UK’s trade and investment positions with individual trading and investment partners overseas, for partners whose name begins with M, N or O.
Change made:
Factsheets updated to reflect the latest data available.
Time updated:
9:30am, 20 December 2024
Trade and investment factsheets: latest update
Page summary:
The most up to date snapshot of the UK’s trade and investment positions with trading partners overseas.
Change made:
Factsheets updated with the latest available data.
Time updated:
9:30am, 20 December 2024
Carbon valuation
Page summary:
The government has agreed a set of carbon values to be used in policy appraisal and evaluation.
Change made:
Added Traded carbon values used for modelling purposes, 2024.
Time updated:
4:36pm, 17 December 2024
Government responses to the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) annual progress reports
Page summary:
Government responses to the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) annual progress reports.
Change made:
Added Committee on Climate Change 2024 progress report: government response.
Time updated:
4:40pm, 17 December 2024
Producer responsibility regulations
Page summary:
Producer responsibility laws in the UK cover packaging, electrical and electronic equipment (EEE), batteries and end of life vehicles (ELVs).
Change made:
Updated the ‘packaging’ section to remove the link to older guidance on producer responsibility and add a link to the new guidance ‘Extended producer responsibility for packaging: recycling obligations and waste disposal fees’. Added a link to the latest packaging producer responsibilities monitoring plan.
Time updated:
9:00am, 1 January 2025
UK trade agreements in effect
Page summary:
Find out about trade agreements that can be used now.
Change made:
Total trade figure for CPTPP countries correct.
Time updated:
4:47pm, 2 January 2025
