Notice

Suspension notice 2020/04: anti-dumping duty on high fatigue performance steel concrete reinforcement bars (rebar) originating in the People's Republic of China

Updated 31 July 2024

This notice was originally published on 31 December 2020.

This notice is made under regulation 94D(2) of The Trade Remedies (Dumping and Subsidisation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.

This notice suspends the application of a trade remedies measure in the event the goods covered by the measure are also subject to a safeguarding measure.

Trade remedies measure suspended

The trade remedies measure applied by Taxation notice 2020/09: anti-dumping duty on high fatigue performance steel concrete reinforcement bars (rebar) originating in the People’s Republic of China is suspended and not to be charged if the goods to which the measure applies, on importation into the United Kingdom, are also subject to the charge of a safeguarding measure applied by Taxation notice 2020/06: safeguard measures on certain steel products – application of tariff rate quotas.

The effect of this suspension is that anti-dumping duty is charged on imports of high fatigue performance steel concrete reinforcement bars (rebar) originating in the People’s Republic of China until such time as the relevant import quota is exceeded; after such time only the safeguard duty is charged. Further details are set out in Annex 1.

Trade remedies measure application period unaffected

This notice does not suspend the period, to which the anti-dumping duty applies, that is specified in Taxation notice 2020/09: anti-dumping duty on high fatigue performance steel concrete reinforcement bars (rebar) originating in the People’s Republic of China.

Annex 1: The additional amount of import duty (the anti-dumping duty) applicable once suspended

Overseas exporter Additional TAP code Original duty amount Duty amount once safeguard duty charged
Jiangyin Xicheng Steel Co., Ltd, Jiangyin C060 18.4% 0%
Jiangyin Ruihe Metal Products Co., Ltd, Jiangyin C061 18.4% 0%
Jiangsu Yonggang Group Co., Ltd, Zhangjiagang C062 22.5% 0%
Jiangsu Lianfeng Industrial Co., Ltd, Zhangjiagang C063 22.5% 0%
Zhangjiagang Hongchang High Wires Co., Ltd, Zhangjiagang C064 22.5% 0%
Zhangjiagang Shatai Steel Co., Ltd, Zhangjiagang C065 22.5% 0%
All other overseas exporters (residual amount) C999 22.5% 0%