Department of Business and Trade announce temporary tariff suspensions for successful product applications in 2024

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Gail Leeson
14 April 2025

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The Government have announced tariff suspensions on products successfully submitted for temporary tariff suspension quotas during the 2024 application window. 

A published list of goods ranges from spices to gardening supplies.   


The government regularly publishes a tariff quota application window, during which any UK business may apply for a temporary duty suspension to be applied to their products.  Successful products then have a temporary tariff suspension added to the UK Trade Tariff against the product classification. 


An announcement for an available open tariff quota application window is published on the Duty Suspensions and Autonomous Tariff guidance pages, with a corresponding Notice to Importers to advertise that the tariff window is open. 


A link to the list of tariff suspension quotas from the 2024 application window can be found below. 

list-of-2024-duty-suspensions-to-come-into-effect.odt 


Note:  any business trading in the goods listed can import the goods applying the published duty suspensions, which are published on the UK Global Tariff against the commodity codes: 


A link to the guidance page can be found below: 

UK Trade Tariff: duty suspensions and autonomous tariff quotas - GOV.UK 


A link to the press release can be found at the link below: 

Government cuts price of everyday items and summer essentials - GOV.UK 





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