Notice of the Secretary of State for International Trade decision to call in the Trade Remedies Authority’s (TRA) reconsideration of the UK’s steel safeguard measure
Published 22 March 2022
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The Secretary of State for International Trade has today [22 March 2022] notified the TRA that she will be ‘calling in’ the TRA’s reconsideration of its recommendation made pursuant to regulation 51(1) of the Trade Remedies (Increase in Imports Causing Serious Injury to UK Producers) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. This will allow the Secretary of State to in take responsibility for the reconsideration.
By exercising her call-in function, the Secretary of State is to decide whether to vary, maintain or revoke the measure, taking into account the TRA’s Report of Findings.
TRA’s recommendation on the steel safeguard measure
In June 2021, the TRA recommended extending the UK’s steel safeguard measure on 10 product categories for 3 years and revoking the measure on 9 product categories.
This recommendation was accepted by the Secretary of State for International Trade, who also provided for a 12-month extension of the current protections for 5 of the 9 product categories originally recommended for revocation to allow time for a reconsideration to take place.
On 7 September 2021, the TRA initiated their reconsideration on the following 14 categories:
| Product number | Product category | Commodity codes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Non Alloy and Other Alloy Hot Rolled Sheets and Strips | 7208 10 00, 7208 25 00, 7208 26 00, 7208 27 00, 7208 36 00, 7208 37 00, 7208 38 00, 7208 39 00, 7208 40 00, 7208 52 10, 7208 52 99, 7208 53 10, 7208 53 90, 7208 54 00, 7211 13 00, 7211 14 00, 7211 19 00, 7212 60 00, 7225 19 10, 7225 30 10, 7225 30 30, 7225 30 90, 7225 40 15, 7225 40 90, 7226 19 10, 7226 91 20, 7226 91 91, 7226 91 99 |
| 4 | Metallic Coated Sheets | 7210 20 00, 7210 41 00, 7210 49 00, 7210 61 00, 7210 69 00 20, 7210 69 00 80, 7210 90 80, 7212 20 00, 7212 30 00, 7212 50 20, 7212 50 30, 7212 50 40, 7212 50 61, 7212 50 69, 7212 50 90, 7225 91 00, 7225 92 00, 7225 99 00, 7226 99 10, 7226 99 30, 7226 99 70 |
| 6 | Tin Mill Products | 7209 18 99, 7210 11 00, 7210 12 20, 7210 12 80, 7210 50 00, 7210 70 10, 7210 90 40, 7212 10 10, 7212 10 90, 7212 40 20 |
| 7 | Non Alloy and Other Alloy Quarto Plates | 7208 51 20, 7208 51 91, 7208 51 98, 7208 52 91, 7208 90 20, 7208 90 80, 7210 90 30, 7225 40 12, 7225 40 40, 7225 40 60 |
| 12 | Non Alloy and Other Alloy Merchant Bars and Light Sections | 7214 30 00, 7214 91 10, 7214 91 90, 7214 99 31, 7214 99 39, 7214 99 50, 7214 99 71, 7214 99 79, 7214 99 95, 7215 90 00, 7216 10 00, 7216 21 00, 7216 22 00, 7216 40 10, 7216 40 90, 7216 50 10, 7216 50 91, 7216 50 99, 7216 99 00, 7228 10 20, 7228 20 10, 7228 20 91, 7228 30 20, 7228 30 41, 7228 30 49, 7228 30 61, 7228 30 69, 7228 30 70, 7228 30 89, 7228 60 20, 7228 60 80, 7228 70 10, 7228 70 90, 7228 80 00 |
| 14 | Stainless Bars and Light Sections | 7222 11 11, 7222 11 19, 7222 11 81, 7222 11 89, 7222 19 10, 7222 19 90, 7222 20 11, 7222 20 19, 7222 20 21, 7222 20 29, 7222 20 31, 7222 20 39, 7222 20 81, 7222 20 89, 7222 30 51, 7222 30 91, 7222 30 97, 7222 40 10, 7222 40 50, 7222 40 90 |
| 16 | Non Alloy and Other Alloy Wire Rod | 7213 10 00, 7213 20 00, 7213 91 10, 7213 91 20, 7213 91 41, 7213 91 49, 7213 91 70, 7213 91 90, 7213 99 10, 7213 99 90, 7227 10 00, 7227 20 00, 7227 90 10, 7227 90 50, 7227 90 95 |
| 17 | Angles, Shapes and Sections of Iron or Non Alloy Steel | 7216 31 10, 7216 31 90, 7216 32 11, 7216 32 19, 7216 32 91, 7216 32 99, 7216 33 10, 7216 33 90 |
| 19 | Railway Material | 7302 10 22, 7302 10 28, 7302 10 50 |
| 21 | Hollow Sections | 7306 61 10, 7306 61 92, 7306 61 99 |
| 25B | Large Welded Tubes | 7305 19 00, 7305 20 00, 7305 31 00, 7305 39 00, 7305 90 00 |
| 26 | Other Welded Pipes | 7306 11 10, 7306 11 90, 7306 19 10, 7306 19 90, 7306 21 00, 7306 29 00, 7306 30 11, 7306 30 19, 7306 30 80, 7306 40 20, 7306 40 80, 7306 50 20, 7306 50 80, 7306 69 10, 7306 69 90, 7306 90 00 |
| 27 | Non Alloy and Other Alloy Cold Finished Bars | 7215 10 00, 7215 50 11, 7215 50 19, 7215 50 80, 7228 10 90, 7228 20 99, 7228 50 20, 7228 50 40, 7228 50 61, 7228 50 69, 7228 50 80 |
| 28 | Non Alloy Wire | 7217 10 10, 7217 10 31, 7217 10 39, 7217 10 50, 7217 10 90, 7217 20 10, 7217 20 30, 7217 20 50, 7217 20 90, 7217 90 20, 7217 90 50, 7217 90 90 |
Background
The TRA is the UK body that investigates whether trade remedy measures are needed to counter unfair trading practices and unforeseen surges of imports
The UK’s trade remedies regime is legislated for in the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 and the Trade Act 2021 and includes safeguard measures that address unforeseen surges of imports which injure, or threaten to injure, domestic producers.
Safeguards are one of the 3 types of trade remedies measures allowed by the World Trade Organization (WTO). The other 2 are anti-dumping measures, which counter ‘dumping’ (sale below the home market value); and countervailing measures, which address the effects of imports of subsidised goods.
The Secretary of State’s ability to decide in relation to a review or reconsideration of a transition trade remedy was legislated for in: