Question follow-through · 53703
UK Trade with EU: Iron and Steel
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.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 20 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 May 2025
- Answer
- 23 May 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 May 2025
Question tabled
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.
22 May 2025
Target answer date
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23 May 2025
Answer published
The 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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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