Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 20319
Iron and Steel: Import Duties
Tabled: 16 December 2024
Answered: 19 December 2024
Named DayQuestion
Sarah Coombes
Labour — West Bromwich
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an estimate of the total costs incurred by businesses of steel safeguarding duties since the end of the UK-EU transition period.
Answer
Mr Douglas AlexanderBoth the UK and EU separately apply a safeguard measure on certain categories of steel products. A safeguard measure protects domestic producers from injury as a result of unforeseen surges of imports. Both the UK and EU apply a 25% duty where import thre...
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