Question follow-through · 8581
Iron and Steel: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether a market assessment of UK imports of grades of steel informed the decision to set lower quotas for the tariff free import of certain grades of steel.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 10 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 17 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 17 Jun 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether a market assessment of UK imports of grades of steel informed the decision to set lower quotas for the tariff free import of certain grades of steel.
17 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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17 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Government has designed the new steel trade measures to strike a careful balance between supporting the UK steel industry and maintaining access to essential imports for downstream users, including through the setting of quotas to allow tariff-free ac...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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