Trade Deal Between UK and India Unlocks Exciting Opportunities for Seafood Businesses
October 15, 2025 | 1 min to read
The UK–India Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), signed in summer 2025, creates fresh opportunities for seafood trade by immediately removing UK tariffs on qualifying Indian seafood imports that meet origin requirements. Mathew Noakes explains this change benefits both exporters and importers without a phase-in period, simplifying market access and reducing costs for businesses engaged in UK–India seafood commerce.
The UK and India have recently signed an economic and trade agreement offering new opportunities for seafood importers and exporters.
Our Regulatory Affairs Advisor, Mathew Noakes, provides an insight into what this means for UK seafood businesses.
In the summer of 2025, the UK and India formally signed the UK–India Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). The agreement will create new opportunities for both seafood exporters and importers.
What the new agreement means for UK seafood importers and exporters
The new agreement removes UK tariffs on seafood products imported from India that meet the origin requirements. This applies immediately when the deal is implemented, with no phase-in period.
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