Notice

Trade Remedies Notice 2023/15: countervailing duty on certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel originating in the People's Republic of China

Updated 29 August 2023

This notice was originally published on 29 August 2023 with effect from 30 August 2023.

This public notice is published by the Secretary of State under regulation 101C(2)(a) of the Trade Remedies (Dumping and Subsidisation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (“the Regulations”).

The public notice:

• relates to certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel products (the “goods” it relates to, are described under the heading “goods description” below)
• gives effect to the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) recommendation to:
  • vary the countervailing duty on certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel products so that it applies for five years from 10 June 2022 until 7 April 2027, and maintain the duty rate set out in Taxation Notice 2020/15: countervailing duty on hot-rolled iron and steel products from China (“Taxation Notice 2020/15”) for those goods
• supersedes taxation notice 2020/15

Variation of anti-dumping duty on the product

The import duty (the countervailing duty) on the goods given effect to by Taxation Notice 2020/15 is varied in accordance with this public notice from 10 June 2022.

Amount of anti-dumping duty

The countervailing duty applicable to the net, free-at-the-frontier price, before other amounts of import duty, on the products imported into the UK from the People’s Republic of China is maintained at the rates listed in table 1:

Table 1: duty amount and additional codes

Overseas exporter	Duty amount	Additional code
Beijing Shougang Co. Ltd (Qian’an Iron & Steel Branch)	31.5%	C208
Bengang Steel Plates Co., Ltd	28.1%	C157
Handan Iron & Steel Group Han-Bao Co., Ltd	7.8%	C158
Hesteel Co., Ltd (Chengde Branch)	7.8%	C160
Hesteel Co., Ltd (Tangshan Branch)	7.8%	C159
Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Union Co., Ltd	35.9%	C151
Jiangyin Xingcheng Special Steel Works Co., Ltd	35.9%	C147
Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel Co., Ltd	35.9%	C163
Shougang Jingtang United Iron and Steel Co. Ltd	31.5%	C164
Tangshan Yanshan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd	35.9%	C168
Zhangjiagang GTA Plate Co., Ltd	4.6%	C162
Zhangjiagang Hongchang Plate Co., Ltd	4.6%	C161
Angang Steel Company Limited	17.1%	C150
Maanshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd	17.1%	C165
Rizhao Baohua New Material Co., Ltd	17.1%	C167
Rizhao Steel Wire Co., Ltd	17.1%	C166
Wuhan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd	17.1%	C156
All other overseas exporters (residual amount)	35.9%	C999

Declaration required to qualify for a specified exporter duty

In order to qualify for the duty rate applicable to goods produced by an overseas exporter specified in Table 1, a valid commercial invoice with an accompanying declaration must be presented to HMRC on importation of the goods using document code D008.

The following declaration must be completed, drafted and signed by an official of the entity issuing the valid commercial invoice who is identifiable by name and function:

“I, the undersigned, certify that the [volume] of [goods] sold for export to the United Kingdom included in this invoice was produced by [company name and address] ([Additional code]) in [country]. I declare that the information provided in this invoice is complete and correct.

Date:

Signature:

Name (printed):”

If an invoice is not presented, or the declaration is not made, the residual (all other overseas exporters) amount is the duty amount applicable to the goods.

Goods description

Goods subject to countervailing duty

The countervailing duty applies to:

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

Categories of the product subject to countervailing duty are imported into the UK under the following UK Global Tariff (UKGT) commodity codes:

• 72 08 10 00 00
• 72 08 25 00 00
• 72 08 26 00 00
• 72 08 27 00 00
• 72 08 36 00 00
• 72 08 37 00 10
• 72 08 37 00 90
• 72 08 38 00 10
• 72 08 38 00 90
• 72 08 39 00 10
• 72 08 39 00 90
• 72 08 40 00 10
• 72 08 40 00 90
• 72 08 52 10 00
• 72 08 52 99 00
• 72 08 53 10 00
• 72 08 53 90 00
• 72 08 54 00 00
• 72 11 13 00 11
• 72 11 13 00 19
• 72 11 14 00 10
• 72 11 14 00 91
• 72 11 14 00 95
• 72 11 19 00 10
• 72 11 19 00 91
• 72 11 19 00 95
• 72 25 19 10 90
• 72 25 30 90 00
• 72 25 40 60 90
• 72 25 40 90 00
• 72 26 19 10 91
• 72 26 19 10 95
• 72 26 91 91 11
• 72 26 91 91 19
• 72 26 91 99 00

Expiry of countervailing duty

The countervailing duty on the product given effect to by this public notice ceases to apply on 7 April 2027.

The TRA will notify interested parties of the expiry of the countervailing duty in sufficient time to allow an interested party to make an application for an expiry review.

Transition review TS0018: Transition review of countervailing duties applying to certain hot-rolled flat and coil products originating in the People’s Republic of China (PRC)

On 5 April 2022 the Trade Remedies Authority initiated a transition review of the countervailing duty certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel products originating in the People’s Republic of China notice of initiation TS0018.

Summary of the transition review

The TRA conducted the transition review in accordance with regulation 100 of the Regulations.

In accordance with regulation 99A(2)(a)(iii) and 70(6) of the Regulations, the TRA considered whether the importation of subsidised goods subject to review from the People’s Republic of China would continue or recur if the measure were no longer applied (“the likelihood of subsidised imports assessment”). In accordance with regulation 99A(1)(b) the TRA also considered whether injury to UK producers of certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel would be likely to continue or recur if the countervailing duty was no longer applied (the “likelihood of injury assessment”).

Two domestic producers, one domestic trade body, one trade union and one foreign government registered an interest in the transition review.

The TRA assessed the scope of the transition review under regulations 99A(2)(a)(iii) and 74 of the Regulations. The TRA did not receive any application for a review of the scope of the measure and an assessment was undertaken to ensure that the scope remained appropriate for the UK-specific context. Having conducted the assessment, the TRA decided not to vary the description of the Goods Subject to Review or the scope of this transition review. To assist with the implementation of the countervailing measure, the list of commodity codes was updated to the list above.

Following the likelihood of injury assessments, the TRA concluded that the countervailing duty on the products should be extended.

Further information on the investigation can be found on the TRA’s public file.

Recommendation of the TRA

The TRA recommended that, from 10 June 2022, the countervailing duty on the products given effect to by Taxation notice 2020/15 should be varied so that it applies until 7 April 2027. In addition, the TRA recommended that the countervailing duty be maintained on the goods at the existing amount as it had not been possible for the TRA to recalculate that amount.

The TRA made the recommendation in accordance with regulation 100 and 100A of the Regulations.

After reviewing the TRA reconsideration the Secretary of State for Business and Trade has accepted the TRA’s recommendation under regulation 101C(2)(a) of the Trade Remedies (Dumping and Subsidisation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.