Subheading · Chapter 72 · Heading 7227
7227.20: Bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils: of silico-manganese steel
Official description Of silico-manganese steel
Subheading 7227.20 belongs to heading 7227 (bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, of other alloy steel) in chapter 72.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 7227 20 00 00 Of silico-manganese steel Free+4
Additional duties and import rules
Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.
Additional duties and charges 3
- Anti-dumping dutyDefinitive anti-dumping duty 24%
- Applies to goods from
- China
- In force
- until 30 January 2031
- Legal act
- Statutory Instruments 2019 No. 450
Rates for named exporters (1)
Company Rate Valin Group A930 7.9% with D008, otherwise 24% - Additional dutyAdditional duties 35%
- Applies to goods from
- Belarus, Russia
- Legal act
- 2022 No. 376
- Documents
- 9008
- Duty suspensionSuspension - goods for certain categories of ships, boats and other vessels and for drilling or production platforms Free
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- 2020 No. 1431
- Documents
- C990 End use authorisation ships and platforms (Column 8c, Annex A of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446)
Import requirements 3
- Prohibition or restrictionImport prohibition
- Applies to goods from
- North Korea
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/411
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- Belarus, Russia, Syria, Ukraine
- Legal act
- 2022 No. 748, S.I. 2019/855, S.I. 2019/792, S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 9024
- 9011
- 9022
- 9038
- 9063
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
- Import controlImport control on restricted goods and technologies
- Applies to goods from
- Iran, Libya, Russia
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/461, 2020 No. 1665, S.I. 2019/855
- Documents
- Y966 Goods other than those described in the MG footnotes linked to the measure (Missile Technology Control Regime list - Annex III of Reg. (EU) 267/2012)
- Y920 Goods other than those described in the footnotes linked to the measure
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | Free |
| DCTS Comprehensive | Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 37 moreAfghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo - Kinshasa, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia | Free |
| European Union (including code "EU") | Free | |
| CARIFORUM | Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize and 10 moreAntigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago | Free |
| OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories) | Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands and 7 moreAnguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, St Helena, Turks & Caicos Islands | Free |
| Central America | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama | Free |
| SADC EPA | Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia | Free |
| Eastern and Southern Africa States | Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe | Free |
| CPTPP | Brunei, Malaysia | Free |
| UK–Andorra agreement | Andorra | Free |
| UK–Albania agreement | Albania | Free |
| UK–Australia agreement | Australia | Free |
| UK–Canada agreement | Canada | Free |
| UK–Switzerland agreement | Switzerland | Free |
| UK–Côte d’Ivoire agreement | Côte d’Ivoire | Free |
| UK–Chile agreement | Chile | Free |
| UK–Cameroon agreement | Cameroon | Free |
| UK–Colombia agreement | Colombia | Free |
| UK–Ecuador agreement | Ecuador | Free |
| UK–Egypt agreement | Egypt | Free |
| UK–Fiji agreement | Fiji | Free |
| UK–Faroe Islands agreement | Faroe Islands | Free |
| UK–Georgia agreement | Georgia | Free |
| UK–Ghana agreement | Ghana | Free |
| UK–Israel agreement | Israel | Free |
| UK–India agreement | India | Free |
| UK–Iceland agreement | Iceland | Free |
| UK–Jordan agreement | Jordan | Free |
| UK–Japan agreement | Japan | Free |
| UK–Kenya agreement | Kenya | Free |
| UK–South Korea agreement | South Korea | Free |
| UK–Lebanon agreement | Lebanon | Free |
| UK–Liechtenstein agreement | Liechtenstein | Free |
| UK–Morocco agreement | Morocco | Free |
| UK–Moldova agreement | Moldova | Free |
| UK–North Macedonia agreement | North Macedonia | Free |
| UK–Mexico agreement | Mexico | Free |
| UK–Norway agreement | Norway | Free |
| UK–New Zealand agreement | New Zealand | Free |
| UK–Peru agreement | Peru | Free |
| UK–Papua New Guinea agreement | Papua New Guinea | Free |
| UK–Palestinian Territories agreement | Palestinian Territories | Free |
| UK–Serbia agreement | Serbia | Free |
| UK–Solomon Islands agreement | Solomon Islands | Free |
| UK–Singapore agreement | Singapore | Free |
| UK–San Marino agreement | San Marino | Free |
| UK–Tunisia agreement | Tunisia | Free |
| UK–Türkiye agreement | Türkiye | Free |
| UK–Ukraine agreement | Ukraine | Free |
| UK–Vietnam agreement | Vietnam | Free |
| UK–Samoa agreement | Samoa | Free |
| UK–XC agreement | XC | Free |
| UK–Kosovo agreement | Kosovo | Free |
| UK–XL agreement | XL | Free |
| UK–South Africa agreement | South Africa | Free |
UK: imports by month
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
 Czechia | £4m | 72.7% | -1% |
 Germany | £1.5m | 26.8% | +14.9% |
 Spain | £27k | 0.5% | -4.4% |
 Austria | £0 | 0% | -100% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
EU Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Türkiye 30% Statutory rate (Law 474) 1 tariff line 
USA Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line The Turkish schedule prints the statutory rate set under Customs Law 474. The rate applied at import is laid down in the Import Regime Decision and can be lower, or different by country of origin.
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$76.3kUS$76.3k+US$6.5m+US$54.1m+> US$94.7m
Exports: 38
- China: US$140.2m
- Japan: US$94.7m
- Canada: US$56.1m
- South Korea: US$54.1m
- Germany: US$34.1m
- Czechia: US$9.3m
- Brazil: US$9m
- Russia: US$8.5m
- Austria: US$7m
- Vietnam: US$6.5m
- Taiwan: US$3m
- Italy: US$2.5m
- Netherlands: US$1.6m
- Spain: US$1.2m
- United States: US$671k
- Kazakhstan: US$505k
- Argentina: US$276.3k
- Türkiye: US$162.4k
- India: US$76.3k
- Poland: US$69.9k
- France: US$56.8k
- Singapore: US$43.4k
- Zambia: US$38.1k
- Mexico: US$36.8k
- Indonesia: US$21.9k
- Romania: US$16.6k
- Moldova: US$16.5k
- Slovenia: US$14.8k
- Malaysia: US$11.9k
- Australia: US$9.6k
- United Kingdom: US$9.5k
- Colombia: US$7.2k
- Greece: US$3.3k
- Thailand: US$3k
- Switzerland: US$2.8k
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$1.7k
- Luxembourg: US$1.3k
- Gabon: US$100
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$496.8kUS$496.8k+US$6.4m+US$29.4m+> US$53.9m
Imports: 62
- United States: US$79.3m
- Indonesia: US$53.9m
- South Korea: US$43.1m
- Malaysia: US$34.7m
- Mexico: US$34.3m
- Vietnam: US$33.9m
- Japan: US$29.4m
- Italy: US$21.9m
- China: US$15.7m
- Taiwan: US$12.3m
- Germany: US$9.2m
- Czechia: US$8m
- Thailand: US$7.6m
- Kazakhstan: US$7.5m
- United Kingdom: US$6.9m
- Sweden: US$6.4m
- Poland: US$5.8m
- Colombia: US$5.3m
- Croatia: US$2.1m
- Uzbekistan: US$1.4m
- Canada: US$1.3m
- Portugal: US$1m
- Cambodia: US$946k
- Switzerland: US$928.3k
- India: US$832.4k
- Saudi Arabia: US$671.7k
- United Arab Emirates: US$634.1k
- France: US$567.4k
- Algeria: US$558.5k
- Nigeria: US$546.2k
- Spain: US$496.8k
- Bangladesh: US$454.1k
- Pakistan: US$332.2k
- Kyrgyzstan: US$320.6k
- Australia: US$310.3k
- Paraguay: US$252.2k
- Myanmar (Burma): US$225.4k
- Austria: US$215.2k
- Singapore: US$141.6k
- Türkiye: US$105.1k
- Ukraine: US$100.4k
- Romania: US$67.6k
- Belgium: US$66.9k
- Lebanon: US$58.2k
- South Africa: US$38.1k
- Morocco: US$37.4k
- El Salvador: US$36.8k
- Chile: US$24.1k
- Ghana: US$20k
- Liberia: US$18.6k
- Brazil: US$17.7k
- Russia: US$11.4k
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$10.3k
- Turkmenistan: US$8.6k
- New Zealand: US$7.3k
- Nicaragua: US$7.2k
- Kenya: US$2.9k
- Fiji: US$2.3k
- Bahrain: US$2.2k
- Bulgaria: US$200
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China | US$140.2m | 32.6% |
| 2 |  Japan | US$94.7m | 22% |
| 3 |  Canada | US$56.1m | 13% |
| 4 |  South Korea | US$54.1m | 12.6% |
| 5 | Germany | US$34.1m | 7.9% |
| 6 | Czechia | US$9.3m | 2.2% |
| 7 |  Brazil | US$9m | 2.1% |
| 8 |  Russia | US$8.5m | 2% |
| 9 | Austria | US$7m | 1.6% |
| 10 |  Vietnam | US$6.5m | 1.5% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | US$79.3m | 18.5% |
| 2 |  Indonesia | US$53.9m | 12.5% |
| 3 | South Korea | US$43.1m | 10% |
| 4 |  Malaysia | US$34.7m | 8.1% |
| 5 |  Mexico | US$34.3m | 8% |
| 6 | Vietnam | US$33.9m | 7.9% |
| 7 | Japan | US$29.4m | 6.8% |
| 8 |  Italy | US$21.9m | 5.1% |
| 9 | China | US$15.7m | 3.6% |
| 10 |  Taiwan | US$12.3m | 2.9% |
The UK Global Tariff has one tariff line for subheading 7227.20; the duty is duty-free.
Subheading 7227.20 is a single line in the EU Combined Nomenclature, where the duty is duty-free.
157 countries pay no duty in the UK thanks to trade agreements and preference schemes such as DCTS Comprehensive and European Union, against a standard rate of Free.
In the UK, anti-dumping duty of 24% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from China (until 30 January 2031).
In the UK, additional duty of 35% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.
Imports of these goods into the UK came to £5.6m between September 2025 and August 2026 (up 3% on the year before); Czechia supplied 73%, followed by Germany.
In 2024, countries exported these goods worth US$429.8m (−6% year on year).
The largest exporter was China (US$140.2m), followed by Japan.
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils: of silico-manganese steel?
Bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils: of silico-manganese steel fall under HS subheading 7227.20, part of heading 7227, in section XV of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound… in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 7227.20 from countries without a preferential agreement are free of duty. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound… in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 7227.20 from countries without a preferential agreement are free of duty. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound…?
China, with US$140.2m in 2024 (32.6% of world exports).
Which countries can export these goods to the UK duty-free?
157 countries pay no duty under a trade agreement or preference scheme, among them partners under DCTS Comprehensive, European Union, CARIFORUM. The goods must meet the agreement’s rules of origin and the importer needs proof of origin; otherwise the standard rate of Free applies. Pick a country above to see its rate.
Is there anti-dumping duty on these goods?
The UK charges anti-dumping duty of 24% on goods from China until 30 January 2031. The UK charges additional duty of 35% on goods from Belarus and Russia. Lower rates apply to the named exporters listed in the measure.
Where does the UK import these goods from?
In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were Czechia (73%), Germany (27%) and Spain (1%), out of total imports of £5.6m.