Iron and Steel: Import Duties
Commons · Question 5944 · Tabled 2 Jun 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reducing tariff-free steel import quotas and increasing safeguard tariffs from 1 July 2026 on the competitiveness and costs of businesses in the (
Answer
Answered by Chris Bryant, 8 Jun 2026
The Government has carefully designed this measure to minimise downstream impacts while addressing the existential threat to UK steelmaking. Current production levels are being considered in our work to set quota sizes, and imports will continue to flow t...