PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(15 June 2026)

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the impact on a) investment and b) employment in each sector of his Modern Industrial Strategy of the 50% Tariff on steel starting on July 1st 2026.

Asked by:
Dame Harriett Baldwin (Conservative)

The Government engaged extensively with both primary steel producers and downstream users to inform development of the steel trade measure, including a Call for Evidence in July 2025. Quotas have been designed to allow for sufficient imports to ensure continued availability of these goods to UK downstream users without unnecessary additional costs.

Categories 14 and 27 will be covered by the Measure. Further information on the product codes in scope is available on GOV.UK.

We will continue engaging regularly with companies across the supply chain, through Ministerial and official level engagement, and will monitor implementation of the measure. This includes conducting a review after twelve months to ensure it remains effective and that the balance is right for both producers and downstream users.

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