Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 104493
Iron and Steel: Imports
Tabled: 9 January 2026
Answered: 16 January 2026
Question
Kevin Hollinrake
Conservative — Thirsk and Malton
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the level of imports of bright steel bar on (a) the viability of UK bright drawing businesses and (b) levels of (i) business closu
Answer
Chris McDonaldIn 2021, the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) conducted a transition review of the steel safeguard measure which is applied via tariff-rate quotas. The TRA recommended maintaining protections on steel categories only where justified; bright steel bar (categ...
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