Written questions

Titanium Dioxide: Import Duties

Commons · Question 9481 · Tabled 16 Oct 2024 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 24 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Melanie Onn

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing tariffs on Chinese-produced imported titanium dioxide in the context of recent tariff decisions taken by the (a) EU and (b) US.

Answer

Answered by Douglas Alexander, 24 Oct 2024

The Department remains alert to significant trade remedy cases between WTO members and will continue to closely monitor those cases where the UK has an interest. While there has not yet been an assessment, as the Trade Remedies Authority has no open inves...