Steel trade measures: Call for evidence

The UK has launched a six-week Call for Evidence, inviting views from across the steel supply chain to help shape new, future-ready trade measures.

The call for evidence closes at 11:59pm on 7 August 2025.

Steel producers, consumers, and unions will shape the UK’s future trade approach for steel, as Ministers seek robust long-term protections for the industry. Safeguard measures are put in place temporarily to address sudden import surges and help industry adapt to new trading environments, however the challenges now facing the steel industry demand longer-term solutions.

The current UK steel safeguard measure ends in June 2026 and cannot be extended. The views from industry will help shape new future-ready trade measures that will protect UK businesses and jobs right across the country. 

The six-week Call for Evidence comes in addition to further government action to support industry amid global challenges. This includes securing a trade deal with the US to remove tariffs on steel products and protect jobs. It also includes announcing the upcoming steel strategy, which will establish a long-term vision for the sector and help build resilient supply chains. These efforts follow the launch of both the Trade and Industrial Strategy, which set out broader plans to support key industries, including steel.

Stakeholders are invited to provide input on:

• their current steel production, imports, and exports of steel products
• the effect of the current steel safeguard on domestic production and steel imports
• how the government should continue to support the steel industry from overcapacity

Stakeholders are not invited to provide input on the following measures as they are not within scope of this Call for Evidence:

• the UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) as it is an environmental policy on which the government has run separate consultation processes including with the steel industry
• energy support for energy-intensive industries like steel
• broader, non-trade-related support for the steel sector, which is being considered as part of the government’s Steel Strategy

When considering the responses to this questionnaire, the Government’s policy approach will be informed by all relevant factors including:

• the interests of producers in the UK of the goods concerned
• the interests of downstream users in the UK
• the desirability of maintaining and promoting the external trade of the UK
• the interests of consumers in the UK
• the desirability of maintaining and promoting productivity in the UK
• the extent to which the goods concerned are subject to competition
• relevant international arrangements to which the UK is a party

The Government encourages respondents to refer to the above in their answers and to provide any further comments and evidence to support their views. Decisions made will take account of feedback from stakeholders.

How to respond

You can respond to the Call for Evidence by completing the online survey.

If you have any technical problems with using the online survey, contact steeltrademeasuresCfE@businessandtrade.gov.uk.

Source: UK Government: https://www.gov.uk/government/calls-for-evidence/steel-trade-measures/steel-trade-measures-call-for-evidence 

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