Developing Countries Trading Scheme

(asked on 5th September 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to her Department’s announcement of the updated Developing Countries Trading Scheme on 15 August, which product lines were raised at least once by respondents to the consultation with reference over concerns of preference erosion for Least Developed Countries.


Answered by
James Duddridge Portrait
James Duddridge
This question was answered on 26th September 2022

The Developing Countries Trading Scheme is one of the most generous trade preferences schemes in the world and provides duty free access on everything but arms to Least Developed Counties.

During the consultation into the scheme in 2021, the majority of respondents that raised the issue of preference erosion for Least Developed Countries did not specify individual product lines of concern. Those that did, highlighted the following product lines: cocoa, sugar and bananas.

Tariffs remain unchanged for non-Least Developed Countries within the scheme on these product lines.

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