G/SG/N/10/GBR/1/Suppl. 7 
G/SG/N/11/GBR/1/Suppl. 7 
12 April 2022 
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Committee on Safeguards  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 12 OF THE  
AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 9, FOOTNOTE 2  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
UNITED KINGDOM  
Certain Steel Products  
Supplement  
The following communication, dated and received on 12 April 2022, is being circulated at the request 
of the delegation of the United Kingdom.  
 
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Pursuant to Article 12 of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards, the United Kingdom notifies the 
initiation of a Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) review by the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA – the United 
Kingdom’s competent authority) into specific product categories of the safeguard measure on certain 
steel products.  
On 1 July 2021, pursuant to Article 12.1(c), an d Article 9.1 and its footnote, of the Agreement on 
Safeguards, the United Kingdom notified the Committee on Safeguards following the decision by the 
Secretary of State for International Trade on 30 June 2021 to extend the safeguard measure on 
certain stee l imports, to not apply the measure to products originating in developing countries, and 
to cease to apply the measure in respect of certain product categories (document 
G/SG/N/8/GBR/1/Suppl.3  - G/SG/N/10/GBR/1/Suppl.1  - G/SG/N/11/GBR/1/Suppl.1 ). 
The reconsideration process initiated on 7 September 2021 and notified to the Committee 
on 9 September  2021 is still ongoing and is a separate process to this TRQ review (document 
G/SG/N/6/GBR/1/Suppl.1  - G/SG/N/8/GBR/1/Suppl.4  - G/SG/N/10/GBR/1/Suppl.2  - 
G/SG /N/11/1/Suppl.2 ). 
The TRQ review initiated by the TRA on 4 February 2022 and notified to the Committee 
on 10 February 2022 (document G/SG/N/10/GBR/1/Suppl.4  - G/SG/N/11/GBR/1/Suppl.4 ) and 
the TRQ review initiated by the TRA on 28 February 2022 and notified  to the Committee 
on 28 February 2022 (document G/SG/N/10/GBR/1/Suppl.5  - G/SG/N/11/GBR/1/Suppl.5 ) are still 
ongoing and are a separate process to this TRQ review.  
1  SPECIFY THE DATE WHEN THE NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED  
The TRA published a notice of initiation of t he TRQ review on 6 April 2022. A copy of the notice, is 
available here. G/SG/N/10/GBR/1/Suppl. 7 • G/SG/N/11/GBR/1/Suppl. 7 
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  2  Specify  THE PRODUCT SUBJECT OF THE NOTICE  
The goods subject to review are those comprised in (and described as) the following categories of 
steel products and s ubject to the following tariff classifications (“Goods subject to Review”) : 
Product Number  Product Cate gory HS Codes  
1 Non alloy and other alloy hot rolled 
sheet and strip  72081000, 72082500, 72082600, 72082700, 
72083600, 72083700, 72083800, 72083900, 
72084000, 72085210, 72085299, 72085310, 
72085390, 72085400, 72111300, 72111400, 
72111900, 72126000, 72251910, 72253010, 
72253030, 72253090, 72254015, 72254090, 
72261910, 72269120, 72269191, 72269199  
13 Rebars  72142000, 72149910  
 
3  PROVIDE THE REASONS FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE NOTICE  
The TRA has decided to initiate a TRQ review on its own initi ative, under regulation 35B(2)(b) of The 
Trade Remedies (Increase in Imports Causing Serious Injury to UK Producers) (EU Exit) 
Regulations  2019 (as amended by the Trade Remedies (Amendment) (EU Exit) 
Regulations  2020/99). The TRA will investigate the effec t of the introduction by the United Kingdom 
of trade sanctions on certain goods (including the Goods Subject to Review) imported from the 
Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus.  
• Provide a point of contact for the proceeding and identify the preferr ed means for 
corresponding  
The TRQ review process is managed by the TRA. Any enquiries should be emailed to 
sm0019@traderemedies.gov.uk . 
 
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