Trade remedies notice 2025/13: registration of imports of HVO biodiesel originating from the USA
Published 8 July 2025
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This public notice was published on 8 July 2025, with effect from 8 July 2025 by the Secretary of State under paragraph 29 of Schedule 4 of the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018.
The public notice instructs HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) to register the importation of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) biodiesel originating from the USA.
Registration of the goods
This public notice gives effect to the Secretary of State’s decision under paragraph 29 of Schedule 4 to the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act to require HMRC to register the goods, which are the subject to ongoing investigations and to which anti-dumping and countervailing amounts may be applied.
From 8 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 17 March 2025 as specified in Notice of Initiation AD0068 and are defined as being:
- biodiesel (or paraffinic diesel fuel / gasoil) obtained from synthesis or hydrotreatment of oils and fats of non-fossil origin
- in pure form or as included in a blend
- originating in the USA
This biodiesel is commonly known as:
- hydrotreated (hydrogenated) vegetable oil diesel (HVO)
- renewable diesel
- green diesel
Synthetic paraffinic kerosene, also known as sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), is excluded from this description of biodiesel.
UK Global Tariff commodity codes subject to registration
You must enter the additional code 8A48 on your import declaration when importing the goods concerned the HVO biodiesel concerned, as they are subject to registration. These goods are imported under the following commodity codes.
Excluded goods
Synthetic paraffinic kerosene (also known as Sustainable Aviation Fuel ‘SAF’) in pure form or as included in a blend.
When importing SAF classified to a commodity code below you must enter additional code 8C01 to identify the product as SAF and exclude it from the registration of goods implemented by this notice.
- 1516209821
- 1516209829
- 1516209833
- 1518009121
- 1518009129
- 1518009133
- 1518009521
- 1518009921
- 1518009929
- 1518009933
- 3826009019
- 3824999210
- 3824999214
- 3824999217
- 3826009011
- 3826009033
- 2710194221
- 2710194229
- 2710194290
- 2710194421
- 2710194429
- 2710194433
- 2710194621
- 2710194629
- 2710194633
- 2710194721
- 2710194729
- 2710194733
- 2710194810
- 2710194890
- 2710201121
- 2710201129
- 2710201133
- 2710201621
- 2710201629
- 2710201633
- 2710201693
- 2710201910
- 2710201990
Imposition date
This public notice takes effect, and the registration of the goods applies, from 8 July 2025.
Expiration date
The goods will continue to be registered until the Secretary of State publishes a public notice instructing HMRC to stop registering the goods.