UK producers and product users are being invited by the Department for International Trade (DIT) to give their views on existing EU trade remedy measures.
Publishing the provisional findings of an earlier consultation on the issue, DIT has now issued a call for evidence aimed at identifying which existing EU anti-dumping or anti-subsidy measures should be maintained when the UK begins to operate an independent trade remedies framework.
That earlier consultation elicited 74 responses, of which 47 were from producers and 27 from other parties.
An initial assessment of the data provided by respondents has determined, the Department notes, that 42 existing EU measures should be maintained, with appropriate levels of duties to be set.
The measures to be maintained will be reviewed by the UK’s new Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) and adjusted if necessary to ensure that they reflect the UK-specific market situation and injury to UK industry.
DIT also found that 72 measures did not meet its criteria and will not be reviewed or put in place once the UK begins to operate its own trade remedies system.
Anyone with an interest in reviewing the provisional findings and in providing any further evidence to the Department is now being given an opportunity to do so. That includes those who might wish to apply for measures to be maintained, but did not do so earlier.
Further details of the call for evidence can be found at www.gov.uk. The deadline for responses is 24 August 2018.
