Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 104492
Iron and Steel: Safeguard Measures
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, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of import penetration in the UK bright steel bar market since the removal of safeguarding measures in 2021.
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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