Regulation 9 Enhanced preferencesI1

United Kingdom

(1)

The EP applies in relation to a country—

(a)

listed in Part 3 of Schedule 3 to the Act (other eligible developing countries),

(b)

specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations, and

(c)

that the Secretary of State has assessed as being an economically vulnerable country.

F1(2)

A country is an “economically vulnerable country” for the purposes of this regulation if paragraph (3) applies to that country.

(3)

This paragraph applies to a country if, as a mean average over the most recent import review period, either—

(a)

the seven largest DCTS sections of its imports of EP goods by value into the British Islands (disregarding EP goods in respect of which the standard rate of import duty is a nil rate) represented more than 75% in value of its total imports of EP goods into the British Islands, or

(b)

its share of global goods exports by value is less than 0.85%.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 9(2)(3) substituted for reg. 9(2) (1.1.2026) by The Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1289), regs. 1(1), 11(2)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 9 in force at 19.6.2023, see reg. 1(2)