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Trade Barriers

Commons · Question 28648 · Tabled 9 Sep 2026 · Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade · Official record

Answered 15 Sep 2026

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Asked by Joshua Reynolds

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what estimate his Department has made of the potential impact on the value of UK exports in pound sterling of removing all of the market access barriers reported to his Department

Answer

Answered by Blair McDougall, 15 Sep 2026

323 market access barriers were reported in the financial year 2025/26. In the financial year 2025 - 26, the Department resolved 133 barriers in full, worth around £13 billion in potential additional exports to UK businesses over 5 years. These are valued...