Notice

Trade Remedies Notice 2023/10: safeguard measure: tariff-rate quota on steel goods

Updated 30 June 2023

This notice was originally published on 30 June 2023 with effect from 1 July 2023.

This public notice is published by the Secretary of State under paragraph 21(7)(a) of Schedule 5 of the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 and makes provision giving effect to the recommendation of the Trade Remedies Authority made in accordance with regulation 37(1) of The Trade Remedies (Increase in Imports Causing Serious Injury to UK Producers) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (“the Regulations”) and entitled TQ0030: tariff rate quota review – review of developing country exceptions.

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
A [1]	Non-alloy and other alloy hot-rolled sheet and strip	72081000, 72082500, 72082600, 72082700, 72083600, 72083700, 72083800, 72083900, 72084000, 72085210, 72085299, 72085310, 72085390, 72085400, 72111300, 72111400, 72111900, 72126000, 72251910, 72253010, 72253030, 72253090, 72254015, 72254090, 72261910, 72269120, 72269191, 72269199
B [2]	Non-alloy and other alloy cold-rolled sheet	72091500, 72091690, 72091790, 72091891, 72092500, 72092690, 72092790, 72092890, 72099020, 72099080, 72112320, 72112330, 72112380, 72112900, 72119020, 72119080, 72255020, 72255080, 72262000, 72269200
C [4]	Metallic coated sheet	72102000, 72104100, 72104900, 72106100, 7210690020, 7210690080, 72109080, 72122000, 72123000, 72125020, 72125030, 72125040, 72125061, 72125069, 72125090, 72259100, 72259200, 72259900, 72269910, 72269930, 72269970
D [5]	Organic coated sheet	72107080, 72124080
E [13]	Rebar	72142000, 72149910
F [19]	Railway material	73021022, 73021028, 73021050
G [20]	Gas pipe	73063041, 73063049, 73063072, 73063077
H [21]	Hollow section	73066110, 73066192, 73066199
I [25A]	Large welded tube (1)	73051100, 73051200
J [25B]	Large welded tube (2)	73051900, 73052000, 73053100, 73053900, 73059000
K [26]	Other welded tube	73061100, 73061900, 73062100, 73062900, 73063012, 73063018, 73063080, 73064020, 73064080, 73065021, 73065029, 73065080, 73066910, 73066990, 73069000

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 2022.

Summary of the TRQ review

In accordance with regulation 35B of the Regulations, the Trade Remedies Authority have conducted a TRQ review of the UK’s Steel Safeguard trade remedy measure, as there is information to show that there has been a change in circumstance since the application of the TRQ. The change in circumstance under review are changes in patterns of trade, which mean that; imports from a developing country member of the WTO which have been excluded from the application of the TRQ can no longer be excluded under regulation 43 of the Regulations (developing country exception); imports from a developing country member of the WTO which have not been excluded from the application of the TRQ should be excluded under regulation 43 of the Regulations.

Under Regulation 44 of the Regulations the TRA have also considered the exceptions afforded by the application of a safeguard measure to certain countries which have an exception stated in a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the UK. This has allowed the TRA to remove imports, when calculating import totals, from relevant countries with applicable FTAs from the scope of any safeguard measures.

The period of investigation (POI) for the review to assess the change in circumstances was 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022. The representative period for assessing traditional trade flows was the calendar years 2017 to 2019.

The TRA’s recommendation

In accordance with regulation 37(1) of the Regulations, and as a result of the determinations made pursuant to regulation 35(B) of the Regulations, the TRA made the following recommendation to the Secretary of State of Business and Trade.

The TRA recommended that the developing countries whose status as either subject to or excepted from the safeguard measure, and resulting TRQ allocations, should be varied. The resulting TRQ allocations for each steel category are shown below in the ‘Year 6 Quota Allocation’ section. The allocations below supersede the year 6 allocations in Trade remedies notice 2022/01 and Trade remedies notice 2022/02.

The TRA have made this recommendation as a result of the change of circumstances and their consideration of the facts which are set out in their final recommendation and further evidenced in the public file for case TQ0030.

Secretary of State’s decision on the TRQ review

This public notice gives effect to the Secretary of State’s decision to accept the TRA’s recommendation on the TRQ review of the UK’s Steel Safeguard trade remedy measure. The Secretary of State accepted the recommendation while having regard to the public interest. This notice is made under section 13(4) of the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018.

The varied measure shall take effect the day after the date of publication of this public notice made under section 13 of the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018, which gives effect to this recommendation and to the TRQ periods set out below.

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).

The application of the steel safeguard measure remains suspended from 1 July 2022 until 30 June 2024 with respect to goods originating in Ukraine, as originally implemented by taxation notice 2022/01.

Duration

The updated tariff-rate quota applies from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.

Quota amount and allocation

Right to access quota

The right to access the quota is granted by His 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 His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs to access a particular quota.

Limited access to unused quota in next quarter of same year

The drawings on each quarterly quota shall be stopped on the twentieth working day of the month following the end of the quarterly period. Any unused quota allocated for steel goods originating in a country or territory remains available in the next quarter for steels goods originating in that country or territory. Any unused balance may cumulate within the same year but any quota remaining at the end of each year is not available in the next year.

Open access to unused quota in quarter 4 of each year

Importers of steel goods originating in a country or territory with an exhausted quota allocation for the year may, only in quarter 4 of that year, apply for the right to use any remaining quota allocated for steel goods originating in all other countries or territories.

Year 6 quota allocation

The tariff rate quota applies from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024, in tonnes (t), allocated quarterly:

• quarter 1: 1 July 2023 to 30 September 2023
• quarter 2: 1 October 2023 to 31 December 2023
• quarter 3: 1 January 2024 to 31 March 2024
• quarter 4: 1 April 2024 to 30 June 2024

Goods category	Origin country or territory	Year 6 quarter 1	Year 6 quarter 2	Year 6 quarter 3	Year 6 quarter 4
A [1]	EU	181,526	181,526	179,553	179,553
	Türkiye	23,834	23,834	23,575	23,575
	Taiwan	13,269	13,269	13,125	13,125
	Residual	22,837	22,837	22,589	22,589
	Total	241,467	241,467	238,842	238,842
B [2]	EU	78,489	78,489	77,636	77,636
	India	9,652	9,652	9,547	9,547
	Korea, South	11,546	11,546	11,421	11,421
	Residual	24,492	24,492	24,226	24,226
	Total	124,179	124,179	122,829	122,829
C [4]	EU	313,539	313,539	310,131	310,131
	Taiwan	32,416	32,416	32,063	32,063
	India	23,941	23,941	23,681	23,681
	Türkiye	23,873	23,873	23,614	23,614
	Residual	82,792	82,792	81,892	81,892
	Total	476,561	476,561	471,381	471,381
D [5]	EU	35,482	35,482	35,096	35,096
	Korea, South	14,419	14,419	14,262	14,262
	Residual	2,155	2,155	2,132	2,132
	Total	52,056	52,056	51,490	51,490
E [13]	EU	72,081	72,081	71,298	71,298
	Türkiye	34,148	34,148	33,777	33,777
	Residual	23,250	23,250	22,997	22,997
	Total	129,480	129,480	128,073	128,073
F [19]	EU	4,640	4,640	4,590	4,590
	Residual	137	137	135	135
	Total	4,777	4,777	4,725	4,725
G [20]	EU	6,847	6,847	6,773	6,773
	India	3,520	3,520	3,482	3,482
	UAE	2,334	2,334	2,308	2,308
	Türkiye	15,213	15,213	15,048	15,048
	Residual	715	715	708	708
	Total	28,630	28,630	28,318	28,318
H [21]	EU	10,962	10,962	10,842	10,842
	Türkiye	36,113	36,113	35,721	35,721
	Residual	3,332	3,332	3,296	3,296
	Total	50,407	50,407	49,859	49,859
I [25A]	EU	6,126	6,126	6,059	6,059
	Korea, South	1,224	1,224	1,210	1,210
	Japan	8,006	8,006	7,918	7,918
	Residual	2,159	2,159	2,136	2,136
	Total	17,514	17,514	17,324	17,324
J [25B]	EU	15,756	15,756	15,585	15,585
	Japan	1,984	1,984	1,963	1,963
	Korea, South	4,529	4,529	4,479	4,479
	Residual	4,777	4,777	4,725	4,725
	Total	27,046	27,046	26,752	26,752
K [26]	EU	22,073	22,073	21,833	21,833
	Türkiye	10,775	10,775	10,658	10,658
	PRC	5,668	5,668	5,607	5,607
	UAE	14,833	14,833	14,672	14,672
	Residual	9,787	9,787	9,680	9,680
	Total	63,136	63,136	62,450	62,450

Goods excluded

Exclusion for steel goods originating in signatory countries or territories

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

• the quota amount allocated for all other countries or territories

• the application of the safeguard duty

Signatory countries or territories

• Antigua and Barbuda
• Barbados
• Belize
• Bahamas
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic
• Grenada
• Guyana
• Jamaica
• Kenya
• St Kitts and Nevis
• St Lucia
• St Vincent and the Grenadines
• Suriname
• 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 both:

• the quota amount allocated for all other countries or territories

• the application of the safeguard duty

Key

The * denotes a quota amount for the goods category is allocated for the country or territory.

The ^ denotes the quota amount for the goods category allocated to all other countries or territories is available for the country or territory.

Developing countries or territories

• Afghanistan
• Albania
• Angola
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Argentina
• Armenia
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Barbados
• Belize
• Benin
• Bolivia
• Botswana
• Brazil (Categories: 2^, 25b^)
• Brunei
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cape Verde
• Cambodia
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Chile
• China (Categories: 25A^, 26*)
• Colombia
• Congo
• Costa Rica
• Côte d’Ivoire
• Cuba
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Djibouti
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic
• Ecuador
• Egypt (Category: 13^)
• El Salvador
• Eswatini
• Fiji
• Gabon
• The Gambia
• Georgia
• Ghana
• Grenada
• Guatemala
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Guyana
• Haiti
• Honduras
• Hong Kong
• India (Categories: 1^, 2,4, 5^, 13^, 20*, 26^)
• Indonesia
• Jamaica
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• Kenya
• Kuwait
• Kyrgyzstan
• Laos
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Macao
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Malaysia (Category: 13^)
• Maldives
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Mexico
• Moldova
• 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 (Category: 2^)
• Türkiye (Categories: 1, 4, 13, 20, 21, 25B^, 26)
• Uganda
• Ukraine
• United Arab Emirates (Categories: 20, 21^ and 26)
• Uruguay
• Vanuatu
• Venezuela
• Vietnam (Categories: 4^, 5^)
• Yemen
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Annex 1: Order numbers for importers to access the tariff-rate quota on steel goods

Goods category	Origin country or territory	Order number
A [1]	European Union	058001
A [1]	Türkiye	058967
A [1]	Taiwan	058085
A [1]	All others	058002
B [2]	European Union	058003
B [2]	South Korea	058802
B [2]	India	058801
B [2]	All others	058005
C [4]	European Union	058006
C [4]	Taiwan	058088
C [4]	India	058106
C [4]	Türkiye	058107
C [4]	All others	058007
D [5]	European Union	058010
D [5]	South Korea	058827
D [5]	All others	058011
E [13]	European Union	058018
E [13]	Türkiye	058866
E [13]	All others	058020
F [19]	European Union	058030
F [19]	All others	058031
G [20]	Türkiye	058911
G [20]	European Union	058032
G [20]	India	058912
G [20]	United Arab Emirates	058090
G [20]	All others	058033
H [21]	Türkiye	058916
H [21]	European Union	058034
H [21]	All others	058035
I [25A]	Japan	058108
I [25A]	European Union	058091
I [25A]	South Korea	058095
I [25A]	All others	058036
J [25B]	European Union	058037
J [25B]	South Korea	058974
J [25B]	Japan	058109
J [25B]	All others	058038
K [26]	European Union	058039
K [26]	United Arab Emirates	058948
K [26]	Türkiye	058947
K [26]	China	058949
K [26]	All others	058041