G/SG/N/10/GBR/1/Suppl. 9 
G/SG/N/11/GBR/1/Suppl. 9 
1 July 2022 
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Committee on Safeguards  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTIC LES 12.1(B) AND 12.1(C)  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTI CLE 9, FOOTN OTE 2 
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
UNITED KINGDOM  
Certain steel products  
Supplement  
The following communication, dated and received on 1 July 2022, is being circulated at the request 
of the delegation of the United Kingdom . 
 
_______________  
 
 
Pursuant to Article 12.1(c) and Article 9.1 and its footnote of the Agreement on Safeguards, the 
United Kingdom notifies the final decision of the safeguard measure on certain steel products.  
 
The transition review of the measure, covering 19 steel product categories, was initiated on 
1 October 2020, and notified to the Committee on Safeguards on 8 October 2020 
(document  G/SG/N/6/GBR/1 ). 
 
On 21 May 2021, the United Kingdom notified the Committee on finding serious injury or threat 
thereof caused by increased imports to the domestic industry producing certain steel products 
(document  G/SG/N/8/GBR/1 ). 
 
On 11 June 2021, the United Kingdom notified the Committee that its competent authority, the 
Trade Remedies Authority (TRA), mad e findings of serious injury or threat thereof, and 
recommended to the Secretary of State for International Trade the extension of the measure, and 
to not apply it to products originating in developing countries (document G/SG/N/8/GBR/Suppl.1  - 
G/SG/N/10/GBR/1  - G/SG/N/11/GBR/1 ).  
 
On 1 July 2021, the United Kingdom notified the Committee following the Secretary of State 's 
decision on 30 June 2021 to extend the measure until 30 Jun e 2022 in respect of 5 product categories 
and until 30 June 2024 in respect of 10 product categories, to not apply the measure to products 
originating in developing countries, and to cease to apply the measure in respect of 4 product 
categories (document G/SG/N/8/G BR/1/Suppl.3; G/SG/N/10/GBR/1/Suppl.1; 
G/SG/N/11/GBR/1/Suppl.1 ). 
 
On 7 September 2021, following the acceptance of 8 applications for reconsideration, the TRA 
initiated a reconsideration of their recommendation to the Secretary of State in the transition review 
of the measure (document G/SG/N/6/GBR/1/Suppl.1 - G/SG/N/8/GBR/1/S uppl.4 - 
G/SG/N/10/GBR/1/Suppl.2 - G/SG/N/11/GBR/1/Suppl.2 ). From 22 March 2022, the reconsideration 
has been conducted under a domestic framework as notified in document G/SG/N/6/GBR/1/Suppl.2 
- G/SG/N/8/GBR/1/Suppl.6 - G/SG/N/1 0/GBR/1/Suppl.6 - G/SG/N/11/GBR/1/Suppl.6 .  G/SG/N/10/GBR/1/Suppl. 9 • G/SG/N/11/GBR/1/Suppl. 9 
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  On 23 June 2022, the United Kingdom notified the Committee that the Secretary of State made 
findings of serious injury or threat thereof, proposed to extend the measure until 30 June 2024 in 
respect of 5 product categories, and to not apply it to products originating in developing countries 
(document G/SG/N/8/GBR/1/Suppl.7 - G/SG/N/10/GBR/1/Suppl.8 - G/SG/N/11/GBR/1/Suppl.8) . 
That notification reflected the TRA 's findings in the reconsideration process and the Secretary of 
State's conclusions and included an invitation to hold consultations under Article 12.3 of the 
Agreement on Safeguards.  
Separate to the reconsideration process, on 4 February 2022, the TRA initiated a tariff -rate quota 
(TRQ) review to reassess traditional tra de flows in certain product categories as a result of an update 
to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) statistical datasets (document G/SG/N/10/GBR/1/Suppl.4 - 
G/SG/N/11/GBR/1/Suppl.4 ). On 30 June 2022, the TRA recommended to amend the TRQs to reflect 
corrections in p ublished HMRC trade data .1  
 
On 28 February 2022, the TRA initiated a TRQ review on developing country exemptions to examine  
whether the exemption given to certain developing countries needs to be revised  (document 
G/SG/N/10/GBR/1/Suppl.5 - G/SG/N/11/GBR/1/Suppl.5 ). On 30 June 2022, the TRA recommended 
to amend the TRQs to reflect changes in trade flows from developing countries and to take account 
of changes  in the list of countries that benefit from FTA exception provisions .2  
 
On 6 April 2022, the TRA initiated a TRQ review to examine the effects of the trade sanctions the 
United Kingdom introduced on certain steel products imported from the Russian Federa tion and the 
Republic of Belarus (document G/SG/N/10/GBR/1/Suppl.7 - G/SG/N/11/GBR/1/Suppl.7).  On 
29 April 2022, the TRA recommended the removal of country -specific TRQs of Russia and Belarus 
and their reallocation across other e xisting country -specific and residual quotas .3   
 
This notification reflects the Secretary of State 's final decisions in the reconsideration process and 
the three TRQ reviews, which came into effect on 1 July 2022.   
 
1. Provide evidence, citing relevant data and the applicable period of investigation,  of 
serious injury or threat thereof caused by increased imports.  
 
Please refer to the notification of 23 June 2022.   
 
2. Provide information on whether there is an absolute increase in imports or an  
increase in imports relative to domestic production.  
 
Please refer to the notification of 23 June 2022.  
 
3. Provide the precise description of the product involved.  
 
The product concerned is certain steel products as previously notified to the Committee.  
 
4. If the final measure replaces a provisional measure, or if a final measure is 
extended, provide a written description of any part of the imported product that wil l no 
longer be subject to the measure.  
 
N/A 
 
5. Provide precise description of the measure.  
 
The safeguard measure was extended for a further 2 years (from 1 July 2022 until 30 June 2024) in 
respect of product categories 6, 7, 12, 16 and 17.  
 
For product c ategories 1, 2, 4, 5, 13, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, the safeguard measure is in place until 
30 June 2024.  
 
1 The recommendation is publicly available here.  
2 The recommendation is publicly available here. All documents are also available from the WTO 
Secretariat. To consult these documents, please contact Ms Anne Richards of the Rules Division 
(anne.richards@wto.org ). 
3 The recommendation is publicly available here.  G/SG/N/10/GBR/1/Suppl. 9 • G/SG/N/11/GBR/1/Suppl. 9 
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Tariff rate quotas for all 15 product categories from 1 July 2022 can be found in Tables 1 and 2 in 
the Annex.  
 
In categories 4, 5 and 19, the quotas refle ct corrections in published HMRC trade data.  
 
In categories 1 and 13, the quotas previously allocated to Russia and Belarus were redistributed to 
all other countries proportionally based on 2021 import data.  
 
The list of developing Member country exemptio ns was updated using import data from July to  
December 2021. The updated list of developing country non -exemptions can be found in Table 3 in 
the Annex.  
 
The Secretary of State also decided to suspend the application of the measure for goods originating 
in Ukraine for two years from 1 July 2022 .  
 
6. Provide proposed date or actual date of introduction of the measure.  
 
See above.  
 
7. Provide expected duration of the measure.  
 
See above.  
 
8. For a measure with a duration of more than three years, provide the proposed date 
for the review (under Article 7.4) to be held not later than the mid -term of the measure, 
if such a date for the review has already been scheduled.  
 
N/A 
 
9. If the expected duration is over one year, provide expected timetable for  progressive 
liberalization of the measure.  
 
A 3% liberalisation rate is applied each year.   
 
10. Procedures relevant to the decision to apply measures:  
 
N/A. Please refer to the notification of 23 June 2022.   
 
11. If the measure is being extended, also provide:  
 
(i) evidence that the industry concerned is adjusting and that the safeguard measure 
continues to be necessary to prevent or remedy serious injury;  
 
Please refer to the notification of 23 June 2022.   
 
(ii)  reference to the WTO doc ument that notified the initial application of the measure;  
 
This notification is in relation to the safeguard measure imposed by the European Union, on behalf 
of Member States, including the United Kingdom. The measure was provisionally applied from 
17 July 2018, and was notified under document G/SG/N/7/EU/1  - G/SG/N/11/EU/1 . The definitive 
measure applied from 2 February 2019, and was notified under document G/SG/N/8/EU/1 - 
G/SG/N/10/EU/1 - G/SG/11/EU/1/Suppl.1 . The United Kingdom 's transition review of the measure, 
following its withdrawal from the European Union, was initiated on 1 October 2020 (see above 
documents).  
 
(iii) duration of the measure from initial application till the date at which it will be 
extended;  
 
The initial application of the measure commenced on 17 July 2018 as a provi sional measure. The 
measure was extended in respect of 5 product categories until 30 June 2024. In respect of 10 product G/SG/N/10/GBR/1/Suppl. 9 • G/SG/N/11/GBR/1/Suppl. 9 
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  categories, the measure is already in place until 30 June 2024. The total duration of the measure 
would therefore be just under 6 years . 
 
(iv) precise description of the measure in place prior to the date of extension.  
 
Table 4 of the Annex illustrates the measure in place prior to 1 July 2022.   
 
12. If the notification relates to a decision to apply or extend a safeguard measure, 
provide the following information:  
 
(i)  the major exporting Members of imports of the product involved;  
 
The UK considers major exporting countries to be those who have a significant supplying interest.  
 
(ii) if there are any exporting Members to which t he measure does not apply for any 
reason other than the application of Article 9.1, the names of such exporting 
Members and reasons for non -application of the measure.  
 
Free Trade Agreement (FTA) partners with a global safeguard exclusion under the FTA exc eption 
provisions are listed below.  
 
FTA  Country   
CARIFORUM – UK Economic Partnership Agreement   Antigua and Barbuda   
Barbados   
Belize   
The Commonwealth of the Bahamas   
The Commonwealth of Dominica   
The Dominican Republic   
Grenada   
The Republic of Guyana   
Jamaica   
Saint Christopher (Kitts) and Nevis   
Saint Lucia   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   
The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago   
Kenya – UK Economic Partnership Agreement   Kenya   
SACUM – UK Economic Partnership Agreement   Mozambique   
 
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  ANNEX  
Table 1: Quarterly volumes of country and residual tariff -rate quotas (in tonnes) for 2022 -2023 
Product 
category  Country  01/07/2022  
to 
30/09/2022  01/10/2022  
to 
31/12/2022  01/01/2023  
to 
31/03/2023  01/04/2023  
to 
30/06/2023  
1 EU 176,722  176,722  172,880  174,801   
Turkey  23,203  23,203  22,699  22,951   
Chinese Taipei  12,918  12,918  12,637  12,777   
Residual  22,233  22,233  21,750  21,991  
2* EU 76,412  76,412  74,751  75,581   
South Korea  11,240  11,240  10,996  11,118   
India 9,396  9,396  9,192  9,294  
 Vietnam  6,807  6,807  6,659  6,733   
Residual  17,036  17,036  16,666  16,851  
4 EU 305,241  305,241  298,605  301,923   
Chinese Taipei  31,558  31,558  30,872  31,215   
India 23,307  23,307  22,801  23,054   
Turkey  23,242  23,242  22,736  22,989   
Residual  80,601  80,601  78,849  79,725  
5 EU 34,543  34,543  33,792  34,167   
South Korea  14,037  14,037  13,732  13,884   
Residual  2,098  2,098  2,053  2,075  
6 EU 30,120  30,120  29,465  29,792   
China  7,647  7,647  7,481  7,564   
Chinese Taipei  2,497  2,497  2,443  2,470   
South Korea  2,370  2,370  2,319  2,344   
Residual  1,022  1,022  1,000  1,011  
7 EU 67,025  67,025  65,568  66,297   
Ukraine  10,461  10,461  10,234  10,347   
Residual  13,458  13,458  13,165  13,312  
12A EU 27,795  27,795  27,191  27,494   
Residual  3,998  3,998  3,911  3,954  
12B EU 33,389  33,389  32,664  33,026   
Turkey  12,567  12,567  12,294  12,431   
Residual  7,142  7,142  6,986  7,064  
13 EU 70,174  70,174  68,648  69,411   
Turkey  33,245  33,245  32,522  32,883   
Residual  22,635  22,635  22,143  22,389  
16 EU 70,644  70,644  69,108  69,876   
Residual  3,084  3,084  3,017  3,051  
17* EU 160,849  160,849  157,352  159,101   
Residual  16,716  16,716  16,353  16,535  
19 EU 4,517  4,517  4,419  4,468   
Residual  133 133 130 131 
20 Turkey  14,810  14,810  14,489  14,649   
EU 6,666  6,666  6,521  6,593   
India 3,427  3,427  3,352  3,390   
UAE 2,272  2,272  2,223  2,247   
Residual  696 696 681 689 
21 Turkey  35,157  35,157  34,393  34,775   
EU 10,671  10,671  10,439  10,555   
Residual  3,244  3,244  3,174  3,209  
25A Japan  7,794  7,794  7,624  7,709   
EU 5,963  5,963  5,834  5,899   
South Korea  1,191  1,191  1,165  1,178   
Residual  2,102  2,102  2,057  2,079  
25B EU 15,339  15,339  15,006  15,173   
South Korea  4,409  4,409  4,313  4,361   
Japan  1,932  1,932  1,890  1,911   
Residual  4,650  4,650  4,549  4,600  G/SG/N/10/GBR/1/Suppl. 9 • G/SG/N/11/GBR/1/Suppl. 9 
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  Product 
category  Country  01/07/2022  
to 
30/09/2022  01/10/2022  
to 
31/12/2022  01/01/2023  
to 
31/03/2023  01/04/2023  
to 
30/06/2023  
26 EU 21,488  21,488  21,021  21,255  
 UAE 14,441  14,441  14,127  14,284  
 Turkey  10,490  10,490  10,262  10,376   
China  5,518  5,518  5,398  5,458   
Residual  9,528  9,528  9,320  9,424  
 
*Category 2 and 17 quotas updated on 27 June 2022 to correct a clerical error. These updated figures 
replace those originally notified on 23 June 2022.  
 
Table 2: Quarterly volumes of country and residual tariff -rate quotas (in tonnes) for 2023 -2024 
Product 
category   Country   01/07/2023   
to  
30/09/2023   01/10/2023   
to  
31/12/2023   01/01/2024   
to  
31/03/2024   01/04/2024   
to  
30/06/2024   
1  EU  181,526   181,526   179,553   179,553   
  Turkey   23,834   23,834   23,575   23,575   
  Chinese Taipei   13,269   13,269   13,125   13,125   
  Residual   22,837   22,837   22,589   22,589   
2* EU  78,489   78,489   77,636   77,636   
  South Korea   11,546   11,546   11,421   11,421   
  India  9,652   9,652   9,547   9,547   
 Vietnam  6,992  6,992  6,916  6,916  
  Residual  17,499  17,499  17,309  17,309  
4  EU  313,539   313,539   310,131   310,131   
  Chinese Taipei   32,416   32,416   32,063   32,063   
  India  23,941   23,941   23,681   23,681   
  Turkey   23,873   23,873   23,614   23,614   
  Residual   82,792   82,792   81,892   81,892   
5  EU  35,482   35,482   35,096   35,096   
  South Korea   14,419   14,419   14,262   14,262   
  Residual   2,155   2,155   2,132   2,132   
6  EU  30,938   30,938   30,602   30,602   
  China   7,855   7,855   7,769   7,769   
  Chinese Taipei  2,565   2,565   2,537   2,537   
  South Korea   2,435   2,435   2,408   2,408   
  Residual   1,050   1,050   1,038   1,038   
7  EU  68,848   68,848   68,099   68,099   
  Ukraine   10,746   10,746   10,629   10,629   
  Residual   13,824   13,824   13,673   13,673   
12A  EU  28,551   28,551   28,241   28,241   
  Residual   4,107   4,107   4,062   4,062   
12B  EU  34,297   34,297   33,924   33,924   
  Turkey   12,909   12,909   12,769   12,769   
  Residual   7,336   7,336   7,256   7,256   
13  EU  72,081   72,081   71,298   71,298   
  Turkey   34,148   34,148   33,777   33,777   
  Residual   23,250   23,250   22,997   22,997   
16  EU  72,564   72,564   71,775   71,775   
  Residual   3,168   3,168   3,134   3,134   
17* EU 165,222  165,222  163,426  163,426  
  Residual  17,171  17,171  16,984  16,984  
19  EU  4,640   4,640   4,590   4,590   
  Residual   137  137  135  135  
20  Turkey   15,213   15,213   15,048   15,048   
  EU  6,847   6,847   6,773   6,773   
  India  3,520   3,520   3,482   3,482   
  UAE  2,334   2,334   2,308   2,308   
  Residual   715  715  708  708  
21  Turkey   36,113   36,113   35,721   35,721   
  EU  10,962   10,962   10,842   10,842   
  Residual   3,332   3,332   3,296   3,296   
25A  Japan   8,006   8,006   7,918   7,918   
  EU  6,126   6,126   6,059   6,059   G/SG/N/10/GBR/1/Suppl. 9 • G/SG/N/11/GBR/1/Suppl. 9 
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  Product 
category   Country   01/07/2023   
to  
30/09/2023   01/10/2023   
to  
31/12/2023   01/01/2024   
to  
31/03/2024   01/04/2024   
to  
30/06/2024   
  South Korea   1,224   1,224   1,210   1,210   
  Residual   2,159   2,159   2,136   2,136   
25B  EU  15,756   15,756   15,585   15,585   
  South Korea   4,529   4,529   4,479   4,479   
  Japan   1,984   1,984   1,963   1,963   
  Residual   4,777   4,777   4,725   4,725   
26  EU  22,073   22,073   21,833   21,833   
  UAE  14,833   14,833   14,672   14,672   
  Turkey   10,775   10,775   10,658   10,658   
  China   5,668   5,668   5,607   5,607   
  Residual   9,787   9,787   9,680   9,680   
*Category 2 and 17 quotas updated on 27 June 2022 to correct a clerical error. These updated figures 
replace those originally notified on 23 June 2022.  
 
Table 3: Developing country non-exemptions by product category  
 
Product 
Category   Developing country non -exemptions (July -Dec 2021 import share)   
1  India (24.9%), Turkey (9.2%)   
2  India (12%), Ukraine (11.7%), Viet Nam (8.5%), Tunisia (3.6%)   
4  Viet Nam (26.7%), India (10.9%), Turkey (7.6%)   
5  India (10.8%), Viet Nam (5%)   
6  China (44.8%)   
7  Ukraine (16.6%)   
12A  n/a  
12B  Turkey (29.9%)   
13  Turkey (20%), India (8.5%)   
16  Ukraine (12.7%), Turkey (3.2%)   
17  Turkey (10.9%), India (3.2%)   
19  n/a  
20  Turkey (65.5%), India (15.4%), UAE (4.1%)   
21  Turkey (79.4%), UAE (5.7%)   
25A  n/a  
25B  n/a  
26  Turkey (25%), UAE (13.3%), China (11.1%), India (5.8%)   
 
Table 4: Quarterly volumes of country and residual tariff -rate quotas (in tonnes) in 2021-2022, prior 
to 1 July 2022.  
 
Product 
category  Country  01/07/2021  
to 
30/09/2021  01/10/2021  
to 
31/12/2021  01/01/2022  
to 
31/03/2022  01/04/2022  
to 
30/06/2022  
1 European Union  165,052  165,052  161,464  163,258   
Turkey  22,982  22,982  22,482  22,732   
Chinese Taipei  12,792  12,792  12,514  12,653   
Russia  11,782  11,782  11,526  11,654   
All others  15,621  15,621  15,282  15,452  
2 European Union  74,206  74,206  72,593  73,400   
South Korea  11,146  11,146  10,904  11,025   
India 9,106  9,106  8.908  9,007   
Viet Nam  6,240  6,240  6,104  6,172   
All others  16,673  16,673  16,310  16,491  
4 European Union  302,951  302,951  296,365  299,658   
Chinese Taipei  32,637  32,637  31,927  32,282   
China  31,933  31,933  31,238  31,586   
South Korea  24,610  24,610  24,075  24,343   
All others  71,359  71,359  69,807  70,583  
5 European Union  33,537  33,537  32,808  33,172   
South Korea  10,884  10,884  10,647  10,765   
All others  2,170  2,170  2,123  2,147  
6 European Union  29,379  29,379  28,740  29,059  G/SG/N/10/GBR/1/Suppl. 9 • G/SG/N/11/GBR/1/Suppl. 9 
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  Product 
category  Country  01/07/2021  
to 
30/09/2021  01/10/2021  
to 
31/12/2021  01/01/2022  
to 
31/03/2022  01/04/2022  
to 
30/06/2022  
 China  6,913  6,913  6,763  6,838  
 Chinese Taipei  2,408  2,408  2,356  2,382  
 South Korea  2,202  2,202  2,154  2,178  
 All others  1,689  2,545  1,227  1,240  
7 European Union  65,067  65,067  63,652  64,359  
 Ukraine  10,156  10,156  9,936  10,046  
 All others  13,072  14,967  11,845  11,976  
12 European Union  50,214  50,214  - - 
 Turkey  12,943  12,943  - - 
 All others  8,342  9,804  - - 
12A European Union  - - 13,708  13,860  
 Turkey  - - 799 808 
 China  - - 761 769 
 All others  - - 334 338 
12B European Union  - - 32,110  32,466  
 Turkey  - - 12,102  12,237  
 All others  - - 6,093  6,161  
13 European Union  50,362  50,362  49,267  49,814  
 Turkey  29,015  29,015  28,384  28,699  
 Belarus  21,051  21,051  20,594  20,822  
 Ukraine  12,398  12,398  12,129  12,263  
 Russia  6,122  6,122  5,989  6,056  
 All others  3,433  3,433  3,359  3,396  
16 European Union  68,586  68,586  67,095  67,840  
 All others  2,995  4,992  1,936  1,958  
17 European Union  156,162  156,162  152,767  154,464  
 All others  16,232  16,232  15,879  16,056  
19 European Union  9,186  9,186  8,986  9,086   
All others  129 129 126 128 
20 Turkey  14,368  14,368  14,056  14,212   
European Union  6,472  6,472  6,331  6,402   
India 3,386  3,386  3,312  3,349   
United Arab Emirates  2,135  2,135  2,089  2,112   
All others  675 675 661 668 
21 Turkey  34,133  34,133  33,391  33,762   
European Union  10,099  10,099  9,880  9,989   
All others  3,411  3,411  3,337  3,374  
25A European Union  5,790  5,790  5,664  5,727   
Indonesia  4,584  4,584  4,485  4,535   
Malaysia  2,348  2,348  2,297  2,323   
South Korea  1,128  1,128  1,104  1,116   
Saudi Arabia  1,117  1,117  1,093  1,105   
All others  1,586  1,586  1,552  1,569  
25B European Union  12,472  12,472  12,201  12,336   
South Korea  4,219  4,219  4,127  4,173   
Norway  3,623  3,623  3,544  3,583   
Turkey  1,682  1,682  1,645  1,663   
All others  3,568  3,568  3,491  3,529  
26 European Union  20,298  20,298  19,857  20,078   
United Arab Emirates  14,000  14,000  13,695  13,848   
Turkey  10,238  10,238  10,015  10,127   
China  5,524  5,524  5,404  5,464   
Norway  2,985  2,985  2,920  2,952   
All others  6,609  6,609  6,466  6,537  
 
 
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