Trade remedies notice 2022/05: suspension of anti-dumping duty on certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy, or other alloy steel originating in Ukraine
Updated 31 December 2023
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Published 30 August 2022 with effect from 31 August 2022.
This public notice is published by the Secretary of State for International Trade under paragraph 26(6)(a) of Schedule 4 and section 13(4) of the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018. It gives effect to the Secretary of State’s decision to accept the Trade Remedies Authority’s (TRA) recommendation to suspend for a period of 9 months the anti-dumping duty on certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy, or other alloy steel originating in Ukraine.
Background
This notice relates to the anti-dumping duty on hot-rolled iron and steel products from Brazil, Iran, Russia, and Ukraine (the “goods”). The duty was imposed by the European Union on behalf of the UK and the other member states. It was subsequently transitioned to continue to apply in the UK as of 1 January 2021, the end of the transition period. This was set out in the notice of determination 2020/17, and given effect to by taxation notice 2020/17.
Summary of the suspension investigation
On 24 June 2022, the TRA initiated a suspension investigation of the duty on those goods originating in Ukraine, in accordance with regulations 85 to 87 of the Trade Remedies (Dumping and Subsidisation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.
The TRA determined that market conditions for Ukrainian hot-rolled steel temporarily changed following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which commenced on 24 February 2022. Consequently, the TRA concluded that injury caused to UK industry is unlikely to recur if the application of the duty were to be suspended. The TRA considered that it would be appropriate to suspend the duty and recommended a suspension for a period of 9 months. Further detail of the TRA’s investigation and conclusions can be found on the Trade Remedies Service (case SR0025).
The Secretary of State accepted the recommendation to suspend the duty for 9 months, having had regard to the public interest. This notice under section 13 of the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 gives effect to this decision, amending taxation notice 2020/17 as follows.
Anti-dumping duty suspended
The anti-dumping duty (that is the additional amount of import duty applicable to the net, free-at-the-frontier price, before other amounts of import duty) specified in taxation notice 2020/17 and applicable to the goods below is suspended to the extent below:
| Origin country or territory | Overseas exporter | Additional TAP code | Anti-dumping duty before suspension GBP (£) per tonne | Anti-dumping duty after suspension GBP (£) per tonne |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | Metinvest Group | C219 | 50.631 | Nil |
| Ukraine | All other overseas exporters (residual amount) | C999 | 50.631 | Nil |
Goods description
The duty is suspended for certain flat-rolled products of iron, non-alloy steel or other alloy steel, whether or not in coils (including ‘cut-to-length’ and ‘narrow strip’ products), not further worked than hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated.
The following product types are excluded:
- products of stainless steel and grain-oriented silicon electrical steel
- products of tool steel and high-speed steel
- products, not in coils, without patterns in relief, of a thickness exceeding 10mm and of a width of 600mm or more
- products, not in coils, without patterns in relief, of a thickness of 4.75mm or more but not exceeding 10mm and of a width of 2.05m or more
The goods description has been updated to more accurately describe the goods subject to the measure. The previous goods description is included in Annex 1.
UK Global Tariff commodity codes
| 72 08 10 00 00 | 72 08 40 00 00 | 72 11 19 00 00 |
| 72 08 25 00 00 | 72 08 52 10 00 | 72 25 19 10 90 |
| 72 08 26 00 00 | 72 08 52 99 00 | 72 25 30 90 00 |
| 72 08 27 00 00 | 72 08 53 10 00 | 72 25 40 60 90 |
| 72 08 36 00 00 | 72 08 53 90 00 | 72 25 40 90 00 |
| 72 08 37 00 00 | 72 08 54 00 00 | 72 26 19 10 91 |
| 72 08 38 00 00 | 72 11 13 00 00 | 72 26 19 10 95 |
| 72 08 39 00 00 | 72 11 14 00 00 | 72 26 91 91 00 |
| 72 26 91 99 00 |
Period of suspension
The duty is suspended for 9 months from the date this notice takes effect, that is from 31 August 2022 until 30 May 2023 inclusive.
Annex 1: Goods description prior to the update on 5 May 2023
The duty is suspended for certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel whether or not in coils (including ‘cut-to-length’ and ‘narrow strip’ products), not further worked than hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated, originating in Ukraine.
The following product types are excluded:
- products of stainless steel excluding grain-oriented silicon electrical steel
- products of tool steel and high speed steel
- products not in coils, without patterns in relief, of a thickness exceeding 10mm and of a width of 600mm or more
- products not in coils, without patterns in relief, of a thickness of 4.75mm or more but not exceeding 10mm and of a width of 2.5m or more