Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 53703
UK Trade with EU: Iron and Steel
Tabled: 20 May 2025
Answered: 23 May 2025
Question
Ben Obese-Jecty
Conservative — Huntingdon
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the trade agreement with the EU of 19 May 2025, what (a) tariffs and (b) rules will apply to steel exports to the EU.
Answer
Mr Douglas AlexanderThe EU applies a safeguard measure on imports of 26 categories of steel in the form of tariff-rate quotas that allow certain volumes of imports per category to enter duty-free. A 25% duty is charged on volumes that exceed quotas. Following a recent amendm...
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