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7 April 2022  
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Committee on Safeguards  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12 OF  
THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS  
CERTAIN STEEL PRODUCTS  
UNITED KINGDOM  
Supplement  
The following communication , dated  and received on 6 April  2022, is being circulated at the request 
of the delegation of the United Kingdom . 
 
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Pursuant to Article 12.1 of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards, the United Kingdom provides the 
following information in regards to the reconsideration of the saf eguard on certain steel products:  
The transition review of the safeguard on certain steel products was initiated on 1 October 2020, 
and notification was provided to the Committee on Safeguards on 8 October 2020 (document 
G/SG/N/6/GBR/1 ). 
On 21 May 2021, t he United Kingdom notified the Committee on finding serious injury or threat 
thereof caused by increased imports to the domestic industry producing certain steel products 
(document G/SG/N/8/GBR/1 ). 
On 11 June 2021, the United Kingdom notified the Committee that its competent authority, the 
Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) has made findings of serious injury or threat thereof, and has 
recommended to the Secretary of State for International Trade the ext ension of the safeguard 
measure on certain steel imports, and to not apply the measure to products originating in developing 
countries (document G/SG/N/8/GBR/Suppl.1  - G/SG/N/10/GBR/1  - G/SG/N/11/GBR/1 ).  
On 1 July 2021, the United Kingdom notified the Com mittee following the Secretary of State 's 
decision on 30 June 2021 to extend the measure on certain steel imports, to not apply the measure 
to products originating in developing countries, and to cease to apply the measure in respect of 
certain product cat egories (document G/SG/N/8/GBR/1/Suppl.2; G/SG/N/10/GBR/2; 
G/SG/N/11/GBR/21). 
On 7 September 2021, following the acceptance of eight applications for reconsideration, the TRA 
initiated a reconsideration of their recommendation to the Secretary of State in the transition review 
of the safeguard on certain steel products (document G/S G/N/6/GBR/1/Suppl.1 - 
G/SG/N/8/GBR/1/Suppl.4 - G/SG/N/ 10/GBR/1/Suppl.2 - G/SG/N/11/GBR/1/Suppl.2).  
 
1 Document G/SG/N/8/GBR/1/Suppl.2 -G/SG/N/10/GBR/2 -G/SG/N/11/GBR/2, when originally circulated 
on 2 July 2021, was incorrectly symbolled and should be considered  null and void.   
It was re-circulated as G/SG/N/8/GBR/1/Suppl.3 - G/SG/N/10/GBR/1/Suppl.1 - 
G/SG/ N/11/GBR/1/Suppl.1, without any change in the content, to ensure  the consistency of the symbolling 
system , on 8 September 2021.  G/SG/N/6/GBR/1/Suppl.2 • G/SG/N/8/GBR/1/Suppl.6 • G/SG/N/10/GBR/1/Suppl.6 • 
G/SG/ N/11/GBR/1/Suppl.6  
 
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  As of 22 March 2022, the reconsideration is being conducted under a domestic framework2 whereby, 
at the end of the process, the TRA will issue a report of f indings to support the Secretary of State in 
making a decision in relation to the matters under reconsideration. The reconsideration will consider 
the categories of goods listed in the document above, and other matters, such as the grouping of 
product cate gories. Further detail is available on the Trade Remedies Service at https://www.trade -
remedies.service.gov.uk .  
Interested parties who wish to contribute to the reconsideration should continue to c ontact the TRA 
via the Trade Remedies Service. Any enquiries should be emailed to TF0006@traderemedies.gov.uk . 
 
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2 See documents  G/ADP/N/1/GBR/1/Suppl.13 - G/SCM/N/1/GBR/1/Suppl.12  - 
G/SG/N/1/GBR/1/Suppl.12 and G/ADP/N/1/GBR/1/Suppl.14 - G/SCM/N/1/GBR/1/Suppl.13 - 
G/SG/N/1/GBR/1/Suppl.13 . 