Notice

Trade remedies notice 2025/16: Registration of imports of hot-rolled steel plates originating from South Korea

Updated 23 July 2025

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This public notice is published on 23 July 2025 by the Secretary of State for Business and Trade under paragraph 29 of Schedule 4 of the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 (“the Act”).

The public notice instructs HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) to register the importation of hot-rolled steel plates originating from South Korea (the “goods” it relates to are described under the heading “goods description”).

Registration of the goods

This public notice gives effect to the Secretary of State’s decision under paragraph 29 of Schedule 4 to the Act to require HMRC to register the goods, which are the subject of an ongoing investigation and to which an anti-dumping amount may be applied.

From 24 July 2025 HMRC will begin registering the goods.

Under regulation 91 and 92 of the Trade Remedies (Dumping and Subsidisation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, when a definitive remedy is implemented with respect to registered goods, duties may be payable from a date up to 90 days preceding the implementation of any provisional remedy. The level of duties charged will be determined by the definitive remedy that is implemented.

Goods description

The goods concerned are those subject to proceedings initiated on 6 June 2025 as specified in Notice of Initiation AD0071 and are defined as being ‘hot-rolled steel plates originating from South Korea’ that are:

  • flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of 600mm or more, hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated, not in coils, not further worked than hot-rolled, of a thickness exceeding 4.75mm, excluding tool steel. Including perforated or not further worked than surface-treated or simply cut into shapes other than rectangular
  • flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of 600mm or more, clad
  • flat-rolled products of other alloy steel, of a width of 600mm or more, not further worked than hot-rolled, not in coils, of a thickness of 4.75 mm or more

UK Global Tariff commodity codes subject to registration

The goods are imported under the following commodity codes: 

  • 7208 5120
  • 7208 5191
  • 7208 5198
  • 7208 5210
  • 7208 5291
  • 7208 5299
  • 7208 9020
  • 7208 9080
  • 7210 9030
  • 7225 4040
  • 7225 4060

Imposition date

This public notice takes effect, and the registration of the goods applies, from 24 July 2025.

Expiration date

The goods will continue to be registered until the Secretary of State for Business and Trade publishes a public notice instructing HMRC to stop registering the goods.

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