The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) has published its Statement of Essential Facts (SEF), proposing to extend anti-dumping measures on imports of welded tubes and pipes from Belarus and China for a further five years. It recommends maintaining residual duties of 38.1% for overseas exporters from Belarus and 90.6% for Chinese exporters. The recommendation follows the TRA’s assessments that dumping and injury to UK industry would be likely to recur if the measures were allowed to expire. The expiry review was initiated in January 2026 following an application submitted in October 2025. The anti-dumping measure on welded tubes and pipes was the first measure transitioned from the EU to the UK's domestic trade remedies regime. Interested parties have until 27 May 2026 to submit responses.

The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) has published its Statement of Essential Facts (SEF), proposing to extend the anti-dumping measure on imports of wire rod from China for a further five years. The TRA recommends maintaining the residual duty of 24% for overseas exporters from China, while the 7.9% rate would continue to apply to the Valin Group. The proposal follows an expiry review, launched in January 2026 after an application was received in October 2025. The TRA found that dumping and injury to UK industry would be likely to recur if the measure were removed. Wire rod is used in the manufacture of construction materials, vehicle components and a range of general industrial and engineering products. Interested parties have until 16 July 2026 to comment on the SEF, after which the TRA will make its final recommendation to the Secretary of State for Business and Trade.

The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) has, in its Statement of Essential Facts, proposed that the anti-dumping measure on ceramic titles from China be maintained for a further five years, until 2029. This measure will only be maintained for ceramic tiles with a surface area of less than or equal to 3600cm2, with no tile edge greater than 600mm in length. However, it has also proposed that the measure applying to large format ceramic tiles and ceramic panels be revoked as the TRA found no evidence of production of these types of tiles in the UK and there is no interchangeability in the use of such tiles with tiles produced in the UK. Businesses that may be affected by these findings can submit comments to the TRA by 11 March 2024.

The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) has proposed a five-year anti-dumping duty on imports of rutile titanium dioxide from China after finding that dumped imports pose an imminent threat of injury to UK industry. The TRA attributes the increase in imports largely to expanded Chinese production capacity and trade remedy measures in other markets, which have made the UK a more attractive export destination. For cooperating exporters, the proposed duty is 48.29% of the goods’ value, subject to a minimum of £0.665 per kg. For all other exporters, it is 63.66% of the goods’ value, subject to a minimum of £0.876 per kg. Interested parties can comment on the initial findings through the TRA’s Trade Remedies Service until 26 October 2026. The TRA will then submit its final recommendation to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade.

The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) has published initial findings proposing to extend anti-dumping duties on Chinese ceramic tableware and kitchenware imports until 16 July 2029. The Statement of Essential Facts indicates dumping would likely continue if measures were removed. Current duties range from 13.1% to 36.1% depending on the exporter. The TRA is accepting comments on the findings until 3 July 2025. The review, initiated on 15 May 2024, examined trade data from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024.

The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) has published a Statement of Essential Facts proposing to maintain countervailing duties on polyethylene terephthalate imports from India until August 2029. The duties, ranging from 0% to 13.8%, apply to PET with viscosity number ≥78ml/g under ISO standard 1628-5. Company-specific rates include 2.3% for IVL Dhunseri Petrochem, 4% for Reliance Industries, and 13.8% for unspecified exporters. The TRA found subsidies likely to continue and potential injury to UK industry if measures ended. Interested parties may comment until 13 June 2025 before final recommendation to the Secretary of State for Business and Trade.

The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) has recommended increasing duties on bus and lorry tyres from China to safeguard the UK’s tyre retreading industry. This follows the publication of initial findings on transition reviews into anti-dumping and countervailing measures on lorry and bus tyres which have been imported from China. Evidence assessed as part of the transition reviews indicated that Chinese tyres were historically of lower quality and single-use, and therefore less likely to be retreadable. As such, the TRA is proposing the new combined anti-dumping and countervailing duties range from £10.03 to £110.11 per tyre. Affected businesses can comment on the initial findings by 17 September 2024.

The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) has published its Statement of Essential Facts as part of the transition review of anti-dumping duties on ammonium nitrate imported from Russia. The TRA's intended final recommendation is to maintain the existing duties for a further five years at current levels, ranging from £24,085 to £27,374 per tonne. It found that both dumping and injury to UK industry would likely recur if the duties were removed and that maintaining the measure meets the UK's Economic Interest Test. Interested parties have until 30 October 2025 to comment on the Statement of Essential Facts before the TRA submits its final recommendation to the Secretary of State for Business and Trade. The measure, originally transitioned from the EU in 2020, is due to expire on 17 December 2025.

The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) has published its Statement of Essential Facts proposing to maintain anti-dumping duties on ironing boards imported from China until 3 October 2029, following a transition review launched on 30 September 2024. Current duties range from 18.1% to 42.3%, depending on the exporter. The TRA found that the dumping of low-priced ironing boards from China would likely continue or recur if the measure were lifted, and that this would likely cause renewed harm to the UK industry. It further concluded that extending the current measure for another five years would help protect the domestic industry from unfair international trade practices. A consultation is open until 16 October 2025, allowing interested parties to comment on the findings and submit additional evidence before a final recommendation is made to the Secretary of State.

The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) has proposed a new anti-dumping measure on imports of excavators from China to the UK, ranging from 33.03% to 83.5%. The TRA has found that UK producers are being significantly undercut by dumped imports, with Chinese exporters undercutting UK prices by 23.39%. The measure, which could benefit UK excavator producers by up to £3.4m annually, applies to excavators weighing 11-80 tonnes. Interested parties have until 16 December 2024 to comment on the Statement of Essential Facts.

The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) has provisionally proposed maintaining the countervailing measure on biodiesel imported from Argentina. In a Statement of Essential Facts, the TRA recommends retaining the duty range of 25%–33.4% until February 2029. The measure applies to ‘fatty-acid mono-alkylesters or paraffinic gasoils obtained from synthesis or hydrotreatment of non-fossil origin in pure form or as included in a blend, in pure form or as included in a blend’, but the TRA intends to review this to explicitly exclude sustainable aviation fuel. This follows TRA's investigation, which found that the UK biodiesel industry is growing, however, the UK is one of few available markets for an increasing Argentinian production capacity. It was therefore concluded that removing the measure would likely lead to a recurrence of subsidised imports from Argentina and injury to the UK industry. Affected businesses can submit comments on the proposal until 29 November 2024.

The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) has proposed to vary the tariff rate quota (TRQ) on imports of Category 1 steel products as a result of the reduction in domestic production of these products. This reduction, identified through the February 2024 review of the TRQ on Category 1 steel, follows ‘change in circumstances’ including closures of blast furnaces. The TRA has proposed that Category 1 should be duplicated to form Category 1A and 1B, where Category 1A (products for commercial applications) will be retained at current levels and Category 1B (products for downstream processing) will be set 89% higher than 1A. This will increase the total Category 1 quota to 2.9 million tonnes per year. The TRA also proposes that the Category 1B quota be allocated on a global basis, capping it at 37–42% to prevent any country’s exports from dominating the new quota.