This briefing is an introduction to the Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS).
The aim of the DCTS is to promote sustainable growth in developing countries. It does this by using a more generous trade preferences scheme than with other trade partners.
The DCTS applies to 65 countries, which fall into three tiers of preferences. Each category has increasing levels of preferential market access for the countries, meaning that the least developed countries get the most generous treatment.