UK Global Tariff · commodity code · HS 7210.70
7210 70 80 23: Coated or plated with tin: other
Pre-painted or plastic-coated steel sheet
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: UK Global Tariff · checked on 24 October 2026
- 7210 Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, clad, plated or coated
- 7210 70 00 00 Painted, varnished or coated with plastics
- 7210 70 80 00 Other
- Not further worked than surface-treated or simply cut into shapes other than rectangular (including square)
- Other
- Coated or plated with tin
- 7210 70 80 23 Other
What you pay
Importing into UK
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 49.98%
- Applies to goods from
- China
- In force
- until 12 March 2031
- Legal act
- Statutory Instruments 2019 No. 450
Rates for named exporters (1)
Company Rate Shougang Group (Including:,, Shougang Jingtang United Iron & Steel Co., Ltd,,, Shou Gang Casey Steel Co., Ltd.,,, Shougang Holding Trade (Hong Kong) Limited,,, China Shougang International Trade & Engineering Corporation) 8A59 27.85% with D008, otherwise 49.98% - Additional dutyAdditional duties 35%
- Applies to goods from
- Belarus, Russia
- Legal act
- 2022 No. 376
- Documents
- 9008
- Tariff quotaNon preferential tariff quota Free
- Applies to goods from
- Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antarctica and 232 more
- Legal act
- S.I. 2020/1432
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, North Korea, Russia
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/461, S.I. 2019/411, 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)
- Y959 Goods other than those described in Annex V (Coal, iron and iron ore) of Reg. (EU) 2017/1509
- 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) | — | 50% |
| UK–Ukraine agreement | Ukraine | Free |
Footnotes
TN057 The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 impose trade restrictions on certain goo…
TN701 According to the Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2014 (OJ L183, p. 9), as retained in UK La…
The prohibition shall not apply in respect of:
(a) the execution until 26 September 2014, of trade contracts concluded before 25 June 2014, or of ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts, provided that the natural or legal persons, entity or body seeking to perform the contract have notified, at least 10 working days in advance, the activity or transaction to the competent authority of the Member State in which they are established.
(b) goods originating in Crimea or Sevastopol which have been made available to the Ukrainian authorities for examination, for which compliance with the conditions conferring entitlement to preferential origin has been verified and for which a certificate of origin has been issued in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 and Regulation (EU) No 374/2014, as retained in UK Law, or in accordance with the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement
TN702 According to the Council Regulation (EU) No 1351/2014 (OJ L365, p. 46), the export of good…
(a) to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Crimea or Sevastopol, or
(b) for use in Crimea or Sevastopol.
The prohibitions shall be without prejudice to the execution until 21 March 2015 of an obligation arising from a contract concluded before 20 December 2014, or by ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such contracts, provided that the competent authority has been informed at least five working days in advance.
When related to the use in Crimea or Sevastopol, the prohibitions do not apply where there are no reasonable grounds to determine that the goods and technology or the services are to be used in Crimea or Sevastopol.
UK: imports by month · HS 7210.70
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
 South Korea | £64.9m | 33.3% | +1.9% |
 Belgium | £57.3m | 29.4% | +7.2% |
 France | £19.6m | 10% | +16.7% |
 Finland | £19.1m | 9.8% | +123.8% |
 Italy | £9.3m | 4.8% | +9.3% |
 Vietnam | £5.6m | 2.9% | -20% |
 Spain | £3.2m | 1.6% | +5.5% |
 Taiwan | £2.7m | 1.4% | +494.6% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
7210.70 Painted, varnished or coated with plastics
EU Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
Türkiye Free – 20% Third-country duty 7 tariff lines · average 8.6% 
USA Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
Canada Free Third-country duty 4 tariff lines 
Mexico 25% Third-country duty 5 tariff lines 
Brazil 10.8% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
Argentina 10.8% Third-country duty 7 tariff lines 
Peru Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
New Zealand Free – 5% Third-country duty 7 tariff lines · average 3.6% 
Japan Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Taiwan Free Third-country duty 31 tariff lines 
GCC 5% Third-country duty 3 tariff lines 
Switzerland Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Norway Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
North Macedonia Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
Nigeria 5% – 20% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 12.5% UK lines: 7210.70
- 7210 70 10 15Not further worked than surface-treated or simply cut into: tinplate, not painted
- 7210 70 10 19Not further worked than surface-treated or simply cut into: tinplate, other
- 7210 70 10 91Not further worked than surface-treated or simply cut into: other
- 7210 70 10 95Tinplate, varnished: other
- 7210 70 80 11Of non-alloy steel, painted, varnished or coated with plastics on at least one side, excluding products with a final coating of zinc-dust (a zinc-rich paint, containing by weight 70% or more of zinc) and excluding products with a substrate with a metallic coating of chromium or tin
- 7210 70 80 20Coated or plated with tin: not painted
- 7210 70 80 23Coated or plated with tin: other
- 7210 70 80 25Not further worked than surface-treated or simply cut into: other, other
- 7210 70 80 91Of non-alloy steel, painted, varnished or coated with plastics on at least one side, excluding so-called 'sandwich panels' of a kind used for building applications and consisting of two outer metal sheets with a stabilising core of insulation material sandwiched between them, and excluding those products with a final coating of zinc-dust (a zinc-rich paint, containing by weight 70% or more of zinc) and excluding products with a substrate with a metallic coating of chromium or tin
- 7210 70 80 92Coated or plated with tin: not painted
- 7210 70 80 93Coated or plated with tin: other
- 7210 70 80 95Painted, varnished or coated with plastics: other, other, other, other
Binding rulings for similar goods
Decisions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CROSS) and HMRC (Advance Tariff Rulings) on goods classified here. A ruling binds only its holder, but shows how the authorities classify similar goods. The descriptions are the authorities’ own, in English.
- N341991 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of nonalloy steel coils from China
- N341748 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of nonalloy steel coils from Singapore
- N341711 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of nonalloy steel coils from Taiwan
- N341723 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of nonalloy steel coils from Taiwan
- 600010618 HMRC
Pre painted hot dip aluminium-zinc alloy coated steel coil. The product is carbon or low carbon steel which is coated with varying thicknesses of external and internal quality paints and used for manufacturing roll formed roof and wall sheet for cladding building envelopes. It has a width of…
24 rulings in total for this code
Legal notes
Additional note
1. The following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them:
‘Electrical’: for the purposes of subheadings 72091610, 72091710, 72091810, 72092610, 72092710, 72092810 and 72112320, flat-rolled products which under a current at 50 Hz and a magnetic flux of 1 T have a watt-loss per kilogram, calculated by the Epstein method, of:
2,1 W or less, when their thickness does not exceed 0,20 mm,
3,6 W or less, when their thickness is not less than 0,20 mm but less than 0,60 mm,
6 W or less, when their thickness is not less than 0,60 mm but not greater than 1,50 mm.
‘Tinplate’: for the purposes of subheadings 72101220, 72107010, 72121010 and 72124020, flat-rolled products (of a thickness of less than 0,5 mm) coated with a layer of metal containing, by weight, 97 % or more of tin.
‘Tool steel’: for the purposes of subheadings 72241010, 72249002, 72253010, 72254012, 72269120, 72283020, 72284010, 72285020 and 72286020, alloy steels, other than stainless or high-speed steel, containing, by weight, one of the following compositions, with or without other elements:
less than 0,6 % of carbon
and
0,7 % or more of silicon and 0,05 % or more of vanadium
or
4 % or more of tungsten,
0,8 % or more of carbon
and
0,05 % or more of vanadium,
more than 1,2 % of carbon
and
not less than 11 % but not more than 15 % of chromium,
0,16 % or more but not more than 0,5 % of carbon
and
3,8 % or more but not more than 4,3 % of nickel
and
1,1 % or more but not more than 1,5 % of chromium
and
0,15 % or more but not more than 0,5 % of molybdenum,
0,3 % or more but not more than 0,5 % of carbon
and
1,4 % or more but not more than 2,1 % of chromium
and
0,15 % or more but not more than 0,5 % of molybdenum
and
less than 1,2 % of nickel,
0,3 % or more of carbon
and
less than 5,2 % of chromium
and
0,65 % or more of molybdenum or 0,4 % or more of tungsten,
0,5 % or more but not more than 0,6 % of carbon
and
1,25 % or more but not more than 1,8 % of nickel
and
0,5 % or more but not more than 1,2 % of chromium
and
0,15 % or more but not more than 0,5 % of molybdenum.
In the UK Global Tariff, 7210 70 80 23 is one of 12 lines under subheading 7210.70, painted, varnished or coated with plastics.
The third-country duty is 50%.
Goods from 1 country can enter the UK at a preferential rate instead of the standard 50%; 1 of them pay no duty at all, for example under the UK–Ukraine agreement.
In the UK, anti-dumping duty of 49.98% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from China (until 12 March 2031).
In the UK, additional duty of 35% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported pre-painted or plastic-coated steel sheet (HS 7210.70) worth £195.1m (up 13% on the year before), at an average of £1.19 per kg; South Korea supplied 33%, followed by Belgium.
For the same subheading, the EU duty is free, the Türkiye duty is 0%–20%, the US duty is free, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is 25%, the Brazil duty is 10.8%, the Argentina duty is 10.8%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is 0%–5%, the Japan duty is free, the Taiwan duty is free, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is free and the Nigeria duty is 5%–20%.
The UK imported goods of subheading 7210.70 worth US$242m in 2024; the largest supplier was South Korea.
Questions and answers
What is the UK import duty for commodity code 7210 70 80 23?
The third-country duty in the UK Global Tariff is 50%. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which countries get a lower rate on 7210 70 80 23?
1 country has a preferential rate on this line, 1 of them at 0%, under the UK–Ukraine agreement and other arrangements. The rate applies only to goods that meet the rules of origin of the agreement, with proof of origin. Choose the country of origin on this page to see its rate.
Do anti-dumping or other extra duties apply to 7210 70 80 23?
Anti-dumping duty of 49.98% on goods from China, until 12 March 2031; Additional duty of 35% on goods from Belarus and Russia. These are charged on top of the customs duty.
Where does the UK import these goods from?
For subheading 7210.70 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was South Korea (US$97m), followed by Belgium.