Question follow-through · 13473
Iron and Steel: Import Duties
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate her Department has made of the potential annual revenue to be generated by tariffs under the new steel trade measure; and whether any of this revenue will be used to mitigate cost increas
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 26 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 1 Jul 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate her Department has made of the potential annual revenue to be generated by tariffs under the new steel trade measure; and whether any of this revenue will be used to mitigate cost increas
1 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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1 Jul 2026
Answer published
The purpose of the trade measure is not to raise tariff revenue, and therefore we have not made any estimates. The Government is acting in response to the serious threat posed by global steel overcapacity. This continues to distort markets, and threaten t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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