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Following a review, UK’s Trade Remedies Authority has applied safeguard measures to certain steel imports entering free circulation in the UK, for 3 years. This Notice takes effect from 1 July 2021.
The following products remain subject to safeguard measures until 30 June 2024:
Category 1 ― non-alloy and other alloy hot rolled sheets and strips
Category 2 ― non-alloy and other alloy cold rolled sheets
Category 4 (4A and 4B have been merged) ― metallic coated sheets
Category 5 ― organic coated sheets
Category 13 ― rebars
Category 19 ― railway material
Category 20 ― gas pipes
Category 21 ― hollow sections
Category 25A ― large welded tubes
Category 25B ― large welded tubes
Category 26 ― other welded pipes
The following products will remain subject to safeguard measures until 30 June 2022:
Category 6 ― tin mill products
Category 7 ― non-alloy and other alloy quarto plates
Category 12 ― non-alloy and other alloy merchant bars and light sections
Category 16 ― non-alloy and other alloy wire rod
Category 17 ― angles, shapes and sections of iron and non-alloy steel
Products that will not be subject to safeguard measures
Safeguard measures on the following product categories will be terminated from 1 July 2021:
Category 14 ― stainless bars and light sections
Category 15 ― stainless wire rod
Category 27 ― non-alloy and other alloy cold finished bars
Category 28 ― non-alloy wire
Amendments have been made to country and commodity code coverage. Details can be obtained from Notices 2021 number 1 and 2021 number 2.
The quota numbers will remain the same for each quarter of the year. In quarter 4 (April to June), when a country specific quota has exhausted, there will be access to the appropriate ‘other countries’ (residual) quota (providing it has not also exhausted). Although the TRA has allotted quota amounts in tonnes, when declaring imports on Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (or Customs Declaration Service the ‘net mass’ should be declared in kilogrammes.