RE: Tariff free movement of steel into NI specifically mentioned by Rishi Sunak in House of Commons28 Feb 2023 13:09
MV not sure what you are looking for here re steel.
UK steel is uncompetive in the world market. The EU Russian sanctions imposed 25% tariff on steel exports and as NI was cut off from the UK (the UK quota was disapplied / exhausted) the UK had to charge 25% on exports of steel to NI.
As the time this was said...
The director of UK Steel, Gareth Stace, said: "It is beyond farcical that UK producers are now prevented by these tariffs from selling goods to customers in their own country.
"To add insult to injury EU steel producers can continue to export these goods tariff free throughout the UK, but we can no longer do so in the opposite direction.
"Consequently, much steel that would have been supplied from UK steel producers will now have to come from the EU.
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Now Rishi presents it as a "grinning" win, a concession. A disgrace that the EU penalised Northern Ireland in the fist place.
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