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Trade remedies notice 2026/27: rejection of the TRA’s recommendation to apply a definitive anti-subsidy measure on HVO biodiesel originating from the USA

Updated 10 September 2026

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This notice was published on 10 September 2026 with effect from 11 September 2026.

This public notice is published by the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade under paragraph 20(4)(a) of Schedule 4 to the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 (‘the Act’).

This notice also supersedes Trade remedies notice 2025/13: registration of imports of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) biodiesel originating from the United States of America (USA). It instructs HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to cease the registration of the goods concerned.

The TRA’s recommendation

The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) has made a recommendation to the Secretary of State in relation to imports of HVO biodiesel originating from the USA.

The TRA recommended that a definitive anti-subsidy measure should be applied to those imports. The TRA also noted that implementing a definitive anti-subsidy measure would not be in the UK’s economic interest.

The Secretary of State’s decision on the TRA’s recommendation

The Secretary of State has decided under paragraph 20(1) of Schedule 4 to the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 to reject the TRA’s recommendation to apply a definitive anti-subsidy measure. Accordingly, no definitive anti-subsidy measure will be applied.

The Secretary of State has considered the evidence in the TRA’s recommendation and wider matters in the public interest. The Secretary of State decided to reject the recommendation because he was satisfied that it was not in the public interest to accept it.

The Secretary of State took this decision due to the significant scale by which the economic interest test was assessed by the TRA to have not been met.

Goods description

Biodiesel (or paraffinic diesel fuel or 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 United States of America (USA).

This biodiesel is commonly known as hydrotreated (hydrogenated) vegetable oil diesel (HVO), renewable diesel or green diesel. Synthetic paraffinic kerosene, also known as sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), is excluded from this description of biodiesel.

The commodity codes in scope of the TRA investigation were as follows:

  • 1516209821

  • 1516209829

  • 1516209833

  • 1518009121

  • 1518009129

  • 1518009133

  • 1518009521

  • 1518009921

  • 1518009929

  • 1518009933

  • 2710194221

  • 2710194229

  • 2710194290

  • 2710194421

  • 2710194429

  • 2710194433

  • 2710194621

  • 2710194629

  • 2710194633

  • 2710194721

  • 2710194729

  • 2710194733

  • 2710194810

  • 2710194890

  • 2710201121

  • 2710201129

  • 2710201133

  • 2710201621

  • 2710201629

  • 2710201633

  • 2710201693

  • 2710201910

  • 2710201990

  • 3824999210

  • 3824999214

  • 3824999217

  • 3826009011

  • 3826009019

  • 3826009033

Cessation of registration of imports

As the Secretary of State has decided to reject the TRA’s recommendation, no definitive anti-subsidy measure will be imposed. There is therefore no longer a requirement to maintain the registration of imports for the purposes of a potential trade remedy in this case.

Accordingly, the requirement for HMRC to register imports of the goods concerned ceases on 11 September 2026.

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