UK trade and customs developments in March 2026

Ilona Mishchenko
Ilona Mishchenko
Associate Professor of the Maritime, Customs and Information Law Department, National University "Odesa Law Academy", Ukraine
Published 08 Apr 2026
law

A lot happened in UK trade and customs in March 2026: this webinar recording, presented by Ilona Mishchenko (CustomsClear), walks through the month's key developments across policy, classification, duties and origin, trade relations, export controls, and trade remedies.

Topics covered:

  • The UK's new Steel Strategy and proposed trade measures (tariff quotas, possible MFN duty increase)
  • Tariff classification notices on animal feed preparations and voting-booth aluminium partitions, plus updated HMRC guidance on classifying drones versus toys
  • Updated reference documents on UK MFN and preferential tariffs, rules of origin, authorised use, and duty suspensions, including the 2025 duty suspension objection window
  • Progress on the EU-UK SPS agreement and other ongoing UK trade negotiations (Nigeria, Norway/Iceland/Liechtenstein, Turkey, Switzerland)
  • Export control notices, including the Open General Export Licence for Typhoon aircraft, and new UK sanctions guidance
  • Trade remedy developments, including anti-dumping duties and a tariff-rate quota review on steel

For a broader overview of the topic, please watch the full recording. The slides are available in the Resources section.

Please note that this summary was generated using AI, based on the recording and available slides.