Notice

Trade Remedies Notice 2021/03: safeguard measure: tariff-rate quota on steel goods

Updated 30 June 2023

This updated public notice was published on 31 December 2021 by the Secretary of State for International Trade. This notice was originally published on 30 June 2021 with effect from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

This public notice is published by the Secretary of State under regulation 3(1) of the Trade Remedies (Extension of Tariff Rate Quota) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 and makes provision for a tariff rate quota to apply in relation to some of the steel products specified in Taxation Notice 2020/06: Safeguard measures on certain steel products – application of tariff rate quotas.

Goods description

The tariff rate quota set out in this notice applies to the following steel products (“steel goods”):

Goods category [**]	Goods category name	‘UK Global Tariff’ commodity code
L [6]	Tin mill products	72 09 18 99, 72 10 50 00, 72 12 10 90, 72 10 11 00, 72 10 70 10, 72 12 40 20, 72 10 12 20, 72 10 90 40, 72 10 12 80, 72 12 10 10
M [7]	Non-alloy and other alloy quarto plates	72 08 51 20, 72 08 90 20, 72 25 40 40, 72 08 51 91, 72 08 90 80, 72 25 40 60, 72 08 51 98, 72 10 90 30, 72 08 52 91, 72 25 40 12
N [12][a]	Alloy merchant bars and light sections	72 28 30 20, 72 28 30 41, 72 28 30 61, 72 28 30 69, 72 28 30 70, 72 28 30 89, 72 28 60 20, 72 28 70 10
N[12][b]	Non-alloy merchant bars and light sections	72 14 30 00, 72 14 91 10, 72 14 91 90, 72 14 99 31, 72 14 99 39, 72 14 99 50, 72 14 99 71, 72 14 99 79, 72 14 99 95, 72 15 90 00, 72 16 10 00, 72 16 21 00, 72 16 22 00, 72 16 40 10, 72 16 40 90, 72 16 50 10, 72 16 50 91, 72 16 50 99, 72 16 99 00
O [16]	Non-alloy and other alloy wire rod	72 13 10 00, 72 13 91 49, 72 27 10 00, 72 13 20 00, 72 13 91 70, 72 27 20 00, 72 13 91 10, 72 13 91 90, 72 27 90 10, 72 13 91 20, 72 13 99 10, 72 27 90 50, 72 13 91 41, 72 13 99 90, 72 27 90 95
P [17]	Angles, shapes, and sections of iron or non-alloy steel	72 16 31 10, 72 16 32 19, 72 16 33 10, 72 16 31 90, 72 16 32 91, 72 16 33 90, 72 16 32 11 , 72 16 32 99

** The number in square brackets indicates the corresponding category of steel products in Taxation Notice 2020/06: Safeguard measures on certain steel products – application of tariff rate quotas, which had effect from 11 pm on 31 December 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Duty amount

The additional amount of duty (“safeguard duty”) applicable to steel goods imported outside of the quota is 25% ad valorem.

The safeguard duty is applicable to the net free-at-the-frontier price of the good (before any other amount of import duty).

Duration

The tariff rate quota applies from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022 for categories L, M, O and P. Category N applies from 1 July 2021 to 31 December 2021 and categories N[12][a] and N[12][b] from 1 January 2022 to 30 June 2022.

The tariff rate quota is an extension of the tariff rate quota imposed by the European Union on behalf of the United Kingdom and other countries or territories that had effect in the United Kingdom from 19 July 2018 to 30 June 2021.^{[footnote 1]}

Tariff rate quota amount and allocation

The tariff rate quota is divided into 4 quarters over one year and specifies for each goods category the amount of steel goods that may be imported free of safeguard duty in any given quarter.

For Category N[12][a] and N[12][b] the tariff rate quota is divided into 2 quarters equivalent to Quarter 3 and 4 only.

Right to access tariff rate quota

The right to access the tariff rate quota is granted by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs to importers in the United Kingdom on a first-come, first-served basis.

Importers are asked to cite the relevant order number set out in the Annex when applying to Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs to access a particular tariff rate quota.

Limited access to unused tariff rate quota in next quarter

Any unused tariff rate quota allocated for steel goods originating in a country or territory remains available in the next quarter for steel goods originating in that country or territory. Any unused balance may cumulate within the year.

Any tariff rate quota remaining in Category N at the end of Quarter 2 will be split between Category N[12][a] and N[12][b] in proportion to their initial amounts and between countries where appropriate.

Open access to unused tariff rate quota in Quarter 4

Importers of steel goods originating in a country or territory with an exhausted quota allocation for the year may, only in Quarter 4, apply for the right to use any remaining tariff rate quota allocated for steel goods originating in “All others”.

Tariff rate quota amount and allocation for year 4

1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022, in tonnes (t), allocated quarterly:

• Quarter 1: 1 July 2021 to 30 September 2021

• Quarter 2: 1 October 2021 to 31 December 2021

• Quarter 3: 1 January 2022 to 31 March 2022

• Quarter 4: 1 April 2022 to 30 June 2022

Goods category	Origin country or territory	Year 4 Quarter 1	Year 4 Quarter 2	Year 4 Quarter 3	Year 4 Quarter 4
L	European Union	29,379*	29,379*	28,740*	29,059*
L	China	6,913	6,913	6,763	6,838
L	Taiwan	2,408	2,408	2,356	2,382
L	South Korea	2,202	2,202	2,154	2,178
L	All others	1,689**	2,545	1,227**	1,240**
M	European Union	65,067*	65,067*	63,652*	64,359*
M	Ukraine	10,156	10,156	9,936	10,046
M	All others	13,072**	14,967	11,845**	11,976**
N***	European Union	50,214*	50,214*	-	-
N***	Turkey	12,943	12,943	-	-
N***	All others	8,342**	9,804	-	-
N[a]	European Union	-	-	13,708	13,860
N[a]	Turkey	-	-	799	808
N[a]	China	-	-	761	769
N[a]	All others	-	-	334**	338**
N[b]	European Union	-	-	32,110	32,466
N[b]	Turkey	-	-	12,102	12,237
N[b]	All others	-	-	6,093**	6,161**
O	European Union	68,586*	68,586*	67,095*	67,840*
O	All others	2,995**	4,992	1,936**	1,958**
P	European Union	156,162	156,162	152,767	154,464
P	All others	16,232	16,232	15,879	16,056

*Due to a technical error, the tariff rate quota amounts and allocations in categories L, M, N and O for goods originating in the European Union have been re-adjusted.

** Similarly, the tariff rate quota amounts and allocations in the same categories for goods originating in all other countries or territories have been re-adjusted for Quarters 1, 3 and 4. The amounts and allocations for Quarter 2 have not been re-adjusted to manage the transition.

The adjustments will be implemented from the start of Quarter 2.

*** For Quarters 3 and 4, Category N has been split into Category N[a] and Category N[b] and the tariff rate quotas recalculated. In addition the following commodity codes have been removed from Category N:

72 28 10 20

72 28 20 10

72 28 20 91

72 28 30 49

72 28 60 80

72 28 70 90

72 28 80 00

Goods excluded

Exclusion for steel goods originating in signatory countries or territories

All steel goods originating in a signatory country or territory are excluded from:

(a) The tariff rate quota amount allocated for all other countries or territories; and

(b) the application of the safeguard duty.

Signatory countries or territories

• Antigua and Barbuda
• Barbados
• Belize
• Bahamas
• Botswana
• Côte d’Ivoire
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic
• Eswatini
• Grenada
• Guyana
• Jamaica
• Kenya
• Lesotho
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• St Kitts and Nevis
• St Lucia
• St Vincent and the Grenadines
• South Africa
• Trinidad and Tobago

Limited exclusion for steel goods originating in developing countries or territories

Except for steel goods in a goods category originating in a developing country or territory annotated with that goods category, any steel goods originating in a developing country or territory specified below are excluded from:

(a) the tariff rate quota amount allocated for all other countries or territories; and

(b) the application of the safeguard duty.

Key: * denotes a tariff rate quota amount for the goods category is allocated for the country or territory; **denotes the tariff rate quota amount for the goods category allocated to all other countries or territories is available for the country or territory.

Developing countries or territories

• Benin
• Bolivia
• Botswana
• Brazil (Cat.: M**)
• Brunei
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cape Verde
• Cambodia
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Chile
• China (Cats.: L; N[A], N[b]**)
• Colombia
• Congo
• Costa Rica
• Côte d’Ivoire
• Cuba
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Djibouti
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic
• Ecuador
• Egypt
• El Salvador
• Eswatini
• Fiji
• Gabon
• The Gambia
• Georgia
• Ghana
• Grenada
• Guatemala
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Guyana
• Haiti
• Honduras
• Hong Kong
• India
• Indonesia
• Jamaica
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• Kenya
• Kuwait
• Kyrgyzstan
• Laos
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Mongolia
• Montenegro
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Myanmar (Burma)
• Namibia
• Nepal
• Nicaragua
• Niger
• Nigeria
• North Macedonia
• Oman
• Pakistan
• Panama
• Papua New Guinea
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Philippines
• Qatar
• Rwanda
• St Kitts and Nevis
• St Lucia
• St Vincent and the Grenadines
• Samoa
• Saudi Arabia
• Senegal
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Solomon Islands
• South Africa
• Sri Lanka
• Suriname
• Tajikistan
• Tanzania
• Thailand
• Togo
• Tonga
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Tunisia
• Turkey (Cats.: N[a]; N[b], P**)
• Uganda
• Ukraine (Cat.: M*)
• United Arab Emirates
• Uruguay
• Vanuatu
• Venezuela
• Vietnam
• Yemen
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Annex

Order numbers for importers to access the tariff rate quota on steel goods (No. 2)

Goods category	Origin country or territory	Order number
L	European Union	058012
L	China	058831
L	Taiwan	058098
L	South Korea	058097
L	All others	058013
M	European Union	058014
M	Ukraine	058836
M	All others	058015
N	European Union	058016
N	Turkey	058862
N	All others	058017
N[a]	European Union	058100
N[a]	Turkey	058101
N[a]	All others	058102
N[a]	China	058099
N[b]	European Union	058103
N[b]	Turkey	058104
N[b]	All others	058105
O	European Union	058026
O	All others	058027
P	European Union	058028
P	All others	058029

1. The tariff rate quota had effect in the United Kingdom from 19 July 2018 to 11pm on 31 December 2020 by virtue of EUR 2018/1013 (OJ No. L 181, 18.07.2018, p. 39, amended by OJ No. L 286, 14.11.2018, p. 17) and EUR 2019/159 (OJ No. L 31, 01.02.2019, p. 27, amended by OJ No. L 248, 27.09.2019, p. 28, OJ No. L 12, 16.01.2020, p. 13, and OJ No. L 206, 30.06.2020, p. 27) and from 11pm on 31 December 2020 to 30 June 2021 by virtue of Taxation Notice 2020/06: Safeguard measures on certain steel products – application of tariff rate quotas. ↩