Notice

Trade remedies notice 2024/11: registration of imports on certain engine oils and hydraulic fluids from Lithuania and the UAE

Published 8 October 2024

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This public notice was published on 8 October 2024 by the Secretary of State under paragraph 29 of Schedule 4 of the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 (TCTA). 

The public notice instructs HMRC to register the importation of certain engine oils and hydraulic fluids from Lithuania and the UAE (the ‘goods’ it relates to are described under the heading ‘goods description’).  

Registration of the goods

This public notice gives effect to the Secretary of State’s decision under paragraph 29 of Schedule 4 to TCTA to require HMRC to register the goods, which are the subject of an ongoing investigation and to which an anti-dumping amount may be applied.

From 9 October 2024 HMRC will begin registering the goods.

Under regulation 91 and 92 of the Trade Remedies (Dumping and Subsidisation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, when a definitive remedy is implemented with respect to registered goods, duties may be payable from a date up to 90 days preceding the implementation of any provisional remedy. The level of duties charged will be determined by the definitive remedy that is implemented.  

Goods description

The goods concerned are those subject to proceedings initiated on 17 June 2024 and are defined as being ‘certain engine oils and hydraulic fluids originating in Lithuania and the United Arab Emirates’. This includes:

  • passenger car motor oils
  • heavy duty commercial vehicle oils
  • hydraulic oils
  • grades included: 5W-30, 5W-40, 0W-16, 0W-20, 0W-30, 10W-40, 10W-30, 20W-50, SAE40, SAE50, 15W-40, ISO32, ISO46, ISO68, HV32, HV46, HV68

These goods are also subject to the additional code 8056 and all other oils within the commodity codes are subject to additional code 8055.

UK Global Tariff commodity codes subject to registration

The goods are imported under the following commodity codes:  

  • 2710198120
  • 2710198130
  • 2710198140
  • 2710198190
  • 2710198300

Imposition date

This public notice takes effect, and the registration of the goods applies, from 9 October 2024.

Expiration date

The goods will continue to be registered until the Secretary of State publishes a public notice instructing HMRC to stop registering the goods.

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