G/SG/N/10/GBR/1/Suppl.10  
G/SG/N/11/GBR/1/Suppl.10  
 
18 January 2023  
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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 1 7 January 2023, 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) r eview by the Trade Remedies Authority ("TRA" – the United 
Kingdom's competent authority) relating to the safeguard measure on certain steel products.  
On 1 July 2022, the United Kingdom notified the Committee on Safeguards following the Secretary 
of State f or International Trade's decisions in regards to the application and extension of the measure 
as of 1 July 2022 (document G/SG/N/10/GBR/1/Suppl.9  - G/SG/N/11/GBR/1/Suppl.9 ). This review 
is further to that notification.  
1. Specify the date when the review was initiated  
The TRA initiated the review on 16 January 2023. A copy of the notice of initiation is available on 
the Trade Remedies Service case file (case number TQ0030) at: https://www.trad e-
remedies.service.gov.uk/public/case/TQ0030/   
2. Provide the precise description of the product(s) involved  
The review will examine whether the exemption status of certain developing country Members in 
product category 13 needs to be revised. The goods subje ct to this review are as follows:  
Product Number  Product Category  Commodity Codes  
13  Rebar  72142000, 72149910  
The TRA invites comments from interested parties on expanding the scope of the review to include 
an assessment of the exemption status of all developing countries across all product categories. 
Please see relevant procedures and deadlines below.  
3. Provide the reasons for the initiation of the review  
The TRA initiated this TRQ review following an application from UK industry, containing information 
which indicates that between January and June 2022, there was an increase in imports from certain G/SG/N/10/GBR/1/Suppl.10 • G/SG/N/11/GBR/1/Suppl.10  
 
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  developing countries exempted from the application of the safeguard measure in product 
category  13, in line with Article 9.1 and its footnote of the Agreement on Safeguard.  
Methodology  
• On 1 July 2022, the list of developing country exemptions was updated using import data 
from 1 July to 31 December 2021. In the c urrent review, the TRA will consider data from 
1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022.  
The TRA may consider:  
• whether the amount or allocation of the TRQ is appropriate for domestic market conditions;  
• the desirability of maintaining, as far as possible, traditi onal trade flows; and  
• any other factors that the TRA considers relevant.  
4. Provide a point of contact for the review and identify the preferred means for 
corresponding  
The TRQ review process is managed by the TRA. Any enquiries should be emailed to 
TQ0030@traderemedies.gov.uk . 
5. Provide the deadlines and procedures for importers, exporters and other 
interested parties to present evidence and their views, including (i) deadlines and 
procedures for Members and ex porters to identify themselves as interested 
parties, if so required, to participate in the proceeding, and (ii) the date of an 
intended public hearing as provided for in Article 3.1  
Review process  
The review will involve the following process:  
• inviting parties to register their interest in the review and commenting on the proposal to 
expand its scope;  
• analysing information gathered;  
• publishing a revised notice of initiation if the TRA decides to expand the scope of the review;  
• publishing the Statement of Intended Final Determination (SIFD), which will set out a 
summary of the facts considered during the review and the recommendation the TRA intends 
to put forward to the Secretary of State for International Trade;  
• gathering comme nts on the SIFD - on publication of the SIFD, the TRA will set a period of 
time, which will be no longer than 15 days, during which parties will be able to comment on 
the SIFD ; and   
• making a recommendation to the Secretary of State, which may include provi sion to maintain 
or vary the TRQs. The Secretary of State will then decide whether to accept or reject the 
TRA's recommendation.  
Registration period and commenting on the scope of the review  
Anyone interested in taking part in the review can register their  interest and comment on the scope 
of the review through the Trade Remedies Service  by 30 January 2023 . Anyone registering their 
interest after 30 January 2023  may not be able to participate fully in the review process. Submissions 
on the scope of the review made after 30 January 2023 may not be taken into consideration for this 
review.  
Interested parties and contributors  
Interested parties may include:  
• the government(s) of the relevant foreign country(s) or territory(ies);  
• an overseas exporter or importer of the goods subject to review;  
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  • a trade or business association of producers, overseas exporters or importers of the goods 
subject t o review;  
• a producer of like goods and/or directly competitive goods in the UK; and  
• a trade or business association of UK producers of like goods and/or directly competitive 
goods.  
Contributors are those, other than interested parties, who have notified th e TRA to advise that that 
they would like to participate in the review.  
Like goods are goods which are like the goods subject to review in all respects, or if there are no 
such goods, those which have characteristics closely resembling the goods subject to  review.  
Directly competitive goods are goods produced in the UK which are directly competitive with the 
goods subject to review.  
Oral hearings  
Interested parties can request a hearing during the review process using the Trade Remedies 
Service .  
For further information about hearings, please see the TRA's Meetings, Hearings and Visits guidance . 
 
Confidential information  
Information provided duri ng a review may be treated as confidential. Anyone requesting that 
information be treated as confidential must demonstrate why and provide:  
• a non -confidential summary of that information; or  
• where that is not possible, a statement of reasons explaining why the information should be 
treated as confidential, and why it cannot be summarised.  
 
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