Current tariff classification

The Customs Tariff (Suspension of Preferential Tariffs for Certain UK Originating Goods) Notice 2024 (Notice) suspends preference for goods classified to headings or subheadings listed in column 2 of the table in subsection 6(2) and goods classified to heading or subheadings listed in column 2 of the table in subsection 6(3) which meet the description in column 3 of the table item (safeguard goods). Safeguard goods will have the general duty rate applied, so long as the United Kingdom's global safeguard applies to equivalent Australian goods imported into the United Kingdom. The Notice commences on 24 December 2024.​

​ For the purposes of with table in subsection 6(3), electrical, tool steel, relevant composition and tinplate have the following meanings:

1. ​e​lectrical, means flat-rolled products, that under a current of 50 Hz and a magnetic flux of 1 T, have a watt-loss per kilogram, when calculated using the Epstein method, of:
   
   1. if the thickness does not exceed 0.2 mm — no greater than 2.1 W/kg;
      
   2. if the thickness exceeds 0.2 mm but is less than 0.6 mm — no gre​ater than 3.6 W/kg; or
      
   3. if the thickness is at least 0.6 mm but does not exceed 1.50 mm — no gre​ater than 6 W/kg.
      
2. tool steel, means an alloy steel (other than stainless steel or high speed steel), containing, by weight, one of the following compositions, with or without other elements:
   1. less than 0.6% of carbon, and:
      1. at least 0.7% of silicon and at least 0.05% of vanadium; or
      2. at least 4% of tungsten;
   2. both of the following:
      1. at least 0.8% of carbon;
      2. at least 0.05% of vanadium;
   3. both of the following:
      1. greater than 1.2% of carbon;
         
      2. at least 11% but not greater than 15% of chromium;
   4. all of the following:
      1. at least 0.16% but not greater than 0.5% of carbon;
      2. at least 3.8% but not greater than 4.3% of nickel;
      3. at least 1.1% but not greater than 1.5% of chromium;
      4. at least 0.15% but not greater than 0.5% of molybdenum;
   5. all of the following:
      1. at least 0.3% but not greater than 0.5% of carbon;
      2. at least 1.4% but not greater than 2.1% of chromium;
      3. at least 0.15% but not greater than 0.5% of molybdenum;
      4. less than 1.2% of nickel;
   6. at least 0.3% of carbon, and less than 5.2% of chromium, and:
      1. at least 0.65% of molybdenum; or
      2. at least 0.4% of tungsten;
   7. all of the following:
      1. at least 0.5% but not greater than 0.6% of carbon; and
      2. at least 1.25% but not greater than 1.8% of nickel; and
      3. at least 0.5% but not greater than 1.2% of chromium; and
      4. at least 0.15% but not greater than 0.5% of molybdenum.​
         
3. ​ relevant composition, in relation to goods, means the goods contain, by weight:
   1. at least 0.9% but not greater than 1.15% of carbon; and
   2. at least 0.5% but not greater than 2% of chromium; and
   3. no greater than 0.5% of molybdenum (if any).
4. tinplate, means a flat-rolled product that:
   1. is of a thickness of less than 0.5mm; and
   2. is coated with a layer of metal containing, by weight, at least 97% of tin.

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