From 1 January 2021, the UK will no longer be part of the EU customs territory. From that date certain UK steel exports to EU may be subject to EU safeguard measures. In view of this change, the Commission has proposed, in notice C366 dated 30 October 2020, the amendment of the volume of EU steel quotas accordingly.
Steel products of UK non-preferential origin, released for free circulation in the EU, will be subject to EU steel quotas.
Category quotas
The UK will be given country specific quotas for categories 1, 2, 3A, 4A, 4B, 5, 6, 7, 10,12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25B, 26 and 27.
For categories 3B, 8, 9, 13, 25A and 28 the UK will share the quotas for ‘other countries’.
Outside of the quotas, 25% safeguard duty applies in EU.
Interested parties wishing to make submissions, request hearings or contest the Commission’s methodology, only have 5 days to do so.
There is a template in C366 which must be used for this purpose.
Amendments to the list of countries subject to current EU measures
The list of developing countries subject to the current EU measures is also to be amended:
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China is to be included for product 22
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Turkey is to be excluded for product 25A
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AE is to be excluded for products 21 and 26
The steel safeguard measures for UK imports has already been published by the Department for International Trade.
| Product number | Product category |
|---|---|
| 1 | Non Alloy and Other Alloy Hot Rolled Sheets and Strips |
| 2 | Non Alloy and Other Alloy Cold Rolled Sheets |
| 3.A3.B | Electrical Sheets (other than GOES) |
| 4.A4.B | Metallic Coated Sheets |
| 5 | Organic Coated Sheets |
| 6 | Tin Mill products |
| 7 | Non Alloy and Other Alloy Quarto Plates |
| 8 | Stainless Hot Rolled Sheets and Strips |
| 9 | Stainless Cold Rolled Sheets and Strips |
| 10 | Stainless Hot Rolled Quarto Plates |
| 12 | Non Alloy and Other Alloy Merchant Bars and Light Sections |
| 13 | Rebars |
| 14 | Stainless Bars and Light Sections |
| 15 | Stainless Wire Rod |
| 16 | Non Alloy and Other Alloy Wire Rod |
| 17 | Angles, Shapes and Sections of Iron or Non Alloy Steel |
| 18 | Sheet Piling |
| 19 | Railway Material |
| 20 | Gas pipes |
| 21 | Hollow sections |
| 22 | Seamless Stainless Tubes and Pipes |
| 24 | Other Seamless Tubes |
| 25.A 25.B | Large welded tubes |
| 26 | Other welded pipes |
| 27 | Non-alloy and other alloy cold finished bars |
| 28 | Non Alloy Wire |
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