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Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION UNDER 12.1( B) OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
UNITED KINGDOM  
Certain steel product s 
Supplement  
The following communication, dated and received on 2 1 February  2024, is being circulated at the 
request of the delegation of the United Kingdom.  
 
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Pursuant to A rticle 12.1( b) of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards, the United Kingdom notifies the 
Trade Remedies Authority 's (TRA)  preliminary findings in the extension review of the safeguard 
measure on certain steel products.  
The extension review was initiated on 4 September 2023, as set out in document 
G/SG/N/ 6/GBR/1/Suppl.3 . 
On 21 February  2024, the TRA published its Statement of Intended Final Determination, which 
outlines their findings to date  and the recommendation they i ntend to make to the Secretary of State 
for Business of Trade in d ue course. This is open to comment from interested parties until 
7 March  2024. An invitation to hold consultations  is included in this notification.  See procedures 
section s below.  
Details of the case, including the TRA 's Statement of Intended Final Determination1, can be found 
on the Trade Remedies Service platform at:  
https://www.trade -remedies.service.gov.uk/public/case/SE0041/#public -file 
1.  Provide evidence, citing relevant data and the applicable period of investigation of 
serious injury or threat thereof caused by increased imports.  
The period of investigation for the review is 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2023.  
The TRA has established  that: 
• imports of the goods subject to the review  in increased quantities is likely to recur  if the 
measure is not extended ; 
• serious injury has been removed or reduced, in whole or in part due to the application of 
the measure;  
• it is likely that serious injury will recur if the measure is not extended;  
 
1 The TRA 's Statement of Intended Final Determination is also available from the WTO Secretariat. To 
consult it, please contact Ms  Anne Richards of the Rules Division ( anne.richards@wto.org ). G/SG/N/6/GBR/1/Suppl.4 • G/SG/N/8/GBR/1/Suppl.8  
 
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  • the circumstances of UK producers or market conditions are such that serious injury 
caused by the imp ortation of the goods subject to the review in increased quantities is 
likely to recur  if the measure is not extended ; and  
• adjustments have been or are being made by UK industry.  
The TRA  conducted the above  increased imports and injury  assessment s at product category level. 
The TRA  considered  the following factors  across product categories : global steel overcapacity; trade 
diversion; production costs; interconnectivity of product categories; profitability, employment, 
productivity, and capacity util isation by the domestic industry; and UK industry adjustments . The 
TRA concluded that these factors were relevant to the likelihood of increase d imports or serious 
injury  for every product category  covered by the measure.  Further details, including evidence and 
relevant data , can be found in Section E: Product category assessments of the TRA 's Statement of 
Intended Final Determination . 
2.  Provide information on whether there is an absolute increase in imports or an increase 
in imports relative  to domestic production.  
See above.  
3.  Provide the precise description of the product involved.  
The products  subject to this review are certain steel products  imported under the following 
commodity codes . 
Product 
Number  Product Category  UK Global Tariff Commodity 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  
2 Non-alloy and other 
alloy cold -rolled sheet  72091500, 72091690, 72091790, 72091891, 72092500, 72092690, 
72092790, 72092890, 72099020, 72099080, 72112320, 72112330, 
72112380, 72112900, 72119020, 72119080, 72255020, 72255080, 
72262000, 72269200  
4 Metallic coated sheet  72102000, 72104100, 72104900, 72106100, 7210690020, 
7210690080, 72109080, 72122000, 72123000, 72125020 , 72125030, 
72125040, 72125061, 72125069, 72125090, 72259100, 72259200, 
72259900, 72269910, 72269930, 72269970  
5 Organic coated sheet  72107080, 72124080  
6 Tin mill products  72091899, 72105000, 72121090, 72101100, 72107010, 72124020, 
72101220, 72109040, 72101280, 72121010  
7 Non-alloy and other 
alloy quarto plates  72085120, 72089020, 72254040, 72085191, 72089080, 72254060, 
72085198, 72109030, 72085291, 72254012  
12A Alloy merchant bars 
and light sections  72283020, 72283041, 72283061, 72283069, 72283070, 72283089, 
72286020, 72287010  
12B Non-alloy merchant 
bars and light 
sections  72143000, 72149110, 72149190, 72149931, 72149939, 72149950, 
72149971, 72149979, 72149995, 72159000, 72161000, 72162100, 
72162200, 72164010, 72164090, 72165010,  72165091, 72165099, 
72169900  
13 Rebar  72142000, 72149910  
16 Non-alloy and other 
alloy wire rod  72131000, 72139149, 72271000, 72132000, 72139170, 72272000, 
72139110, 72139190, 72279010, 72139120, 72139910, 72279050, 
72139141, 72139990, 72279095  
17 Angles, shapes, and 
sections of iron or 
non-alloy steel  72163110, 72163219, 72163310, 72163190, 72163291, 72163390, 
72163211, 72163299  
19 Railway material  73021022, 73021028, 73021050  
20 Gas pipe  73063041, 73063049, 73063072, 73063077  
21 Hollow section  73066110, 73066192, 73066199  
25A Large welded tube (1)  73051100, 73051200  G/SG/N/6/GBR/1/Suppl.4 • G/SG/N/8/GBR/1/Suppl.8  
 
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  Product 
Number  Product Category  UK Global Tariff Commodity Codes  
25B Large welded tube (2)  73051900, 73052000, 73053100, 73053900, 73059000  
26 Other welded tube  73061100, 73061900, 73062100, 73062900, 73063012, 73063018, 
73063080, 73064 020, 73064080, 73065021, 73065029, 73065080, 
73066910, 73066990, 73069000  
 
4.  Provide a precise description of the proposed measure . 
The TRA 's Statement of Intended Final Determination  notes that, subject to further comment and 
evidence from interested parties, the TRA intend s to recommend to the Secretary of State for 
Business and Trade  that the safeguard measure be extended  across all product categories  for a 
period of  two years , from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2026,  which is necessary to prevent serious injury 
and facilitate adjustment by UK producers.  
5.  Provide proposed date of introduction of the measure.  
As above . 
6.  Provide expected duration of the measure.  
As above . 
7.  Provide expected timetable for progressive liberalisation of the measure.  
Subject to further comment and evidence from interested parties, t he TRA intend s to recommend 
that the pace of liberalisation should remain at 3% per annum . 
8.  Provide the deadlines for interes ted parties to comment or any other procedures 
relevant to the decision to apply the measures.  
Interested parties are invited to make submissions within 15 calendar days of the publication of the 
TRA's preliminary findings i.e., before 23.59  GMT on 07 Marc h 2024.  
The TRA may consider submissions made after this date but  are not obliged to do so . 
Registered interested parties can make submissions through the Trade Remedies Service  online 
platform. All submissions must be accompanied by a non -confidential version for the public file. In 
exceptional circumsta nces, it may not be possible to summarise confidential information. If this is 
the case, the party must provide a statement setting out the reasons the information is being 
supplied , why the TRA should treat the information as confidential, and why it cann ot be 
summarised . Those not registered on the TRS may send submissions by email to 
SE0041@traderemedies.gov.uk . 
The TRA will take account of further  submissions and may ch ange its position accordingly  in making 
their final recommendation to the Secretary of State for Business and Trade.  
For further guidance and information regarding safeguard reviews, please refer to the  
public  guidance . 
9.  Provide information regarding procedures for prior consultations with those Members 
having a substantial interest as exporters of the product concerned.  
Members who wish to consult with the United Kingdo m may make a request through the UK Mission 
in Geneva and agree a mutually convenient time and date to hold consultations. These consultations 
will be held via MS Teams and will be conducted in accordance with Article 12.3 of the Agreement 
on Safeguards.  
 
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