Update to Steel safeguards Year 8 commencing 1 July 2025 – 30 June 2026

Chapters : 72

From: : HM Revenue & Customs

Published : 30 June 2025

The year 8 steel safeguards, which run 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026, have changed. Full details of the changes which come into force on 1 July 2025 can be found in the Public Notice 2025/12.

A brief summary of the changes:

• All Year 8 quotas have been increased by 0.1%.
• No rollover of unused quota between quota periods.
• In Q4, countries with their own quotas can no longer use the residual quota if they have fully used their own quota.
• The following quotas have been removed from Year 8:
  • EU Category 2
  • India Category 2
  • South Korea Category 2
  • Residual (other) Category 2
  • Turkey Category 4
  • UAE Category 20
• The following changes have been made to the residual (all other countries) quotas:
  • Category 4 – Limit for any country of a maximum of 15% of the residual quota volume; quota order numbers for major export countries added:
    • 058410 Vietnam
    • 058411 South Korea
    • 058412 Japan
    • 058413 USA
    • 058414 Singapore
    • 058415 Canada
  • Category 7 – Limit for any country of a maximum of 20% of the residual quota volume; quota order numbers for major export countries added:
    • 058700 South Korea
    • 058701 Japan
    • 058702 USA
    • 058703 Canada
    • 058704 Taiwan
    • 058705 Switzerland
  • Category 13 – Limit for any country of a maximum of 20% of the residual quota volume; quota order numbers for major export countries added:
    • 058130 Algeria
    • 058131 Egypt
    • 058132 USA
    • 058133 New Zealand
    • 058134 Norway
    • 058135 Japan
• Türkiye has been added to the list of exempted countries.
• The following exempted countries are NOT exempt from these safeguard quotas:
  • China – Categories 6, 25A (residual), 25B (residual), 26
  • Egypt – Category 13 (residual) – no change
  • India – Categories 1A (residual), 1B (residual), 4, 20, 26
  • Türkiye – Categories 1A, 1B (residual), 12B, 13, 16 (residual), 17 (residual), 20, 21, 26
  • UAE – Categories 21 (residual), 26
  • Vietnam – Categories 1A (residual), 1B (residual), 4

Back to top

Subscribe and manage Stop Press alerts

Subscribe to Stop Press alerts to stay up-to-date with the latest tariff updates, or manage your existing subscription.

Start Now

Latest content from this collection

• Update to Import and Export Sanctions on Gold, Precious Metals, Diamonds and Luxury Goods from Syria – 22 April 2026
• Update to Volume of Türkiye Origin Quota 058104 – 21 April 2026
• Update to Volume of Quota 058002 – 21 April 2026

Collection

Tariff stop press