Welded tubes and pipes expiry review reaches initial findings

The TRA has today (27 April 2026) published its intended recommendation to extend the anti-dumping measure on imports of welded tubes and pipes from Belarus and China. This followed assessments that dumping would be likely to recur and that injury to UK industry would be likely to recur, should the measure expire.

Welded tubes and pipe products play a vital role in UK manufacturing supply chains. They are commonly used for heating and plumbing systems in the construction industry.

In its Statement of Essential Facts, the TRA has recommended a residual duty of 38.1% for overseas exporters from Belarus and a residual duty of 90.6% for all Chinese exporters be extended for a further five years.

The anti-dumping measure on welded tubes and pipes was the first of the measures transitioned from the EU to the UK’s domestic trade remedies regime. This expiry review has concluded that removing the measure would likely lead to producers in Belarus and China dumping these products in the future, causing injury to UK industry.

Expiry reviews

Expiry reviews provide the opportunity to review whether measures that are due to expire are still needed. They are a standard procedure under the WTO’s trade remedies framework. During a review, the TRA assesses evidence submitted  by interested parties, to then make a recommendation on appropriate measures to defend UK economic interests.

The TRA received an application in October 2025 for an expiry review concerning the anti-dumping measure on welded tubes and pipes and initiated this review in January 2026.

Background information

• The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) is the independent UK body that investigates whether new trade remedy measures are needed to counter unfair import practices and unforeseen surges of imports.   
• The TRA is an arm’s length body of the Department for Business and Trade.   
• Anti-dumping duties allow a country or union to act against goods which are being sold at less than their normal value – this is defined as the price for ‘like goods’ sold in the exporter’s home market.
• Period of investigation (POI): 01 October 2024 to 30 September 2025
• Injury Period (IP): 01 October 2021 to 30 September 2025.