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Today, the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) has published findings on steel safeguards:

• A on the called-in reconsideration of its 2021 transition review; and
• on a Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) Review into exceptions for developing countries, which is open for consultation until Wednesday 29 June.

Report of Findings

皇冠体育app TRA is publishing its which was submitted to the Secretary of State for International Trade, setting out its analysis under the government鈥檚 direction. 皇冠体育app TRA was asked to reconsider its original transition review into the UK鈥檚 steel safeguard measure and the reconsideration was 鈥榗alled in鈥� by the Secretary of State on 22 March 2022. 皇冠体育app published Report of Findings enables third parties to understand the evidence considered by the Secretary of State, which informed the Government鈥檚 proposals.

Interim findings on developing countries exceptions

皇冠体育app TRA is also publishing its in a separate review of steel TRQs to establish which developing countries should be excepted from these safeguards. Imports from some developing countries may be exceeding 3% of total UK imports, which is the threshold for countries to be subject to the measure. Businesses importing steel products from Vietnam, India, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, China and Ukraine may be affected.

皇冠体育app TRA鈥檚 findings are published in its Statement of Intended Final Determination, which you can review on the . Businesses and others who think they may be affected by a change in quotas for steel products coming from developing countries can review the findings on the TRA鈥檚 public file. You can also check the . Companies can register their interest and comment by Wednesday 29 June. 皇冠体育app TRA鈥檚 final recommendation will be submitted to the Secretary of State for International Trade for final decision.

Further reviews relating to the steel safeguard measure

皇冠体育app TRA has also been undertaking two further TRQ Reviews. Current UK sanctions on imports from Russia and Belarus triggered the TRA to review existing imports covered by the UK鈥檚 steel safeguard trade remedy measure. Two steel product categories are affected. Category 1 (non-alloy and other alloy hot rolled sheets and strips) are used in yellow goods, construction, tube-making and the production of downstream steel products. Category 13 (rebars) are used in construction, the automotive industry, engineering and white goods manufacture. Russia and Belarus between them accounted for around 22% of the UK鈥檚 supply of rebar.

皇冠体育app TRA is also carrying out a TRQ Review relating to updates to HMRC data in relation to a small subset of steel product categories. 皇冠体育app TRA reconsideration Report of Findings aligns with findings to date.

Background information

• 皇冠体育app Trade Remedies Authority is the UK body that investigates whether trade remedies measures are needed on imports. Trade remedy investigations were carried out by the EU Commission on the UK鈥檚 behalf until the UK left the EU.
• Safeguard measures are one of the three types of trade remedies 鈥� along with anti-dumping measures which counter goods being 鈥榙umped鈥� into countries at prices below their normal price in their country of origin and countervailing measures against countervailable subsidies 鈥� that are allowed under World Trade Organization (WTO) rules.
• Forty-four EU trade remedies measures that were of interest to UK producers were carried across into UK law when the UK left the EU and the TRA needs to review each one to check if it is suitable for UK needs.
• As part of this process, the TRA reviewed a safeguard measure on certain steel products, reporting its recommendation in June 2021. 皇冠体育app TRA recommended that measures should be extended on some steel products but removed on others, where they were not needed. 皇冠体育app TRA was subsequently asked to reconsider this decision. 皇冠体育app reconsideration has been 鈥榗alled in鈥� by the Secretary of State for International Trade. 皇冠体育app TRA is completing the reconsideration under her direction and we anticipate that the outcome will be announced soon.
• Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQs) are part of the World Trade Organization (WTO) framework. 皇冠体育appy specify how much of a product can be imported from a country before its imports are subject to higher tariffs. 皇冠体育app UK鈥檚 trade remedies system follows WTO rules and is designed to make sure UK industries are not damaged by unfair trade practices or unexpected surges in imports.
• 皇冠体育app UK has the power to review its Tariff Rate Quotas on imports covered by safeguard measures to make sure its safeguard measures remain up to date and useful. This is not part of the reconsideration process.
• 皇冠体育app TRA carried out this TRQ Review because imports from some developing countries may be exceeding 3% of total UK imports. Imports from developing countries are given exceptions to these TRQs if the goods imported are less than 3% of the total imports of that product and if, collectively, these low volume exporters account for no more than 9% of the total imports of that product.
• Members of the WTO are responsible for managing their own developing country exceptions to TRQs and need to review these exceptions regularly to check whether any countries need to be added to or removed from the exception.