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Iron and Steel: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the volume and value of steel imports that were subject to contractual commitments before the announcement of revised safeguard measures on 14 March 2026; what transitional

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body: Department for Business and Trade
Tabled: 3 Jun 2026
Target answer date: 8 Jun 2026
Answer: 12 Jun 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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3 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate he has made of the volume and value of steel imports that were subject to contractual commitments before the announcement of revised safeguard measures on 14 March 2026; what transitional
8 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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12 Jun 2026
Answer published
The new steel trade measure has been designed to strike a careful balance between supporting domestic steelmaking and maintaining secure, reliable supply for downstream users, including the makeup and length of the transitional arrangement to ease short t...

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