Notice proposing changes to the level of EU steel safeguard quotas, following UK exit.
Published 25 November 2020
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As of 1 January 2021, the UK will no longer be part of the EU customs territory. From this date certain UK steel exports to the EU may be subject to EU safeguard measures.
In view of this change, the Commission has proposed in notice C366, dated 30 October 2020, the amendment of the volume of EU steel quotas accordingly.
Steel products of UK non-preferential origin released for free circulation in the EU, will be subject to EU steel quotas.
1. Country specific quotas
The UK will be given country specific quotas for the following product categories:
| Product Number | Product Category |
|---|---|
| 1 | Non Alloy and Other Alloy Hot Rolled Sheets and Strips |
| 2 | Non Alloy and Other Alloy Cold Rolled Sheets |
| 3A | Electrical Sheets (other than GOES) |
| 4A and 4B | Metallic Coated Sheets |
| 5 | Organic Coated Sheets |
| 6 | Tin Mill products |
| 7 | Non Alloy and Other Alloy Quarto Plates |
| 10 | Stainless Hot Rolled Quarto Plates |
| 12 | Non Alloy and Other Alloy Merchant Bars and Light Sections |
| 14 | Stainless Bars and Light Sections |
| 15 | Stainless Wire Rod |
| 16 | Non Alloy and Other Alloy Wire Rod |
| 17 | Angles, Shapes and Sections of Iron or Non Alloy Steel |
| 18 | Sheet Piling |
| 19 | Railway Material |
| 20 | Gas pipes |
| 21 | Hollow sections |
| 22 | Seamless Stainless Tubes and Pipes |
| 24 | Other Seamless Tubes |
| 25B | Large welded tubes |
| 26 | Other welded pipes |
| 27 | Non-alloy and other alloy cold finished bars |
2. Quotas shared with ‘other countries’
The UK will share the quotas for ‘other countries’ for the following categories:
| Product Number | Product Category |
|---|---|
| 3B | Electrical Sheets (other than GOES) |
| 8 | Stainless Hot Rolled Sheets and Strips |
| 9 | Stainless Cold Rolled Sheets and Strips |
| 13 | Rebars |
| 25A | Large welded tubes |
| 28 | Non Alloy Wire |
If none of these quotas are applicable, 25% safeguard duty applies in the EU.
Any interested parties wishing to make submissions, request hearings or contest the Commission’s methodology, only have 5 days to do so. The template contained within notice C366 must be used for this purpose.
The list of developing countries subject to the current EU measures is also to be amended as follows:
- China is to be included for product 22
- Turkey is to be excluded for product 25A
- United Arab Emirates is to be excluded for products 21 and 26
The steel safeguard measures for UK imports, Notice of determination 2020/06, has already been published by the Department for International Trade.
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