Trade Remedies: Turkey
(asked on 14th October 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of implementing trade remedies on imports of glass packaging from Turkey.
Answered by
Blair McDougall
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade) (Jointly with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
On 5 March 2026 the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) opened a subsidy investigation on glass containers from Turkey.
The TRA submits evidence-based determinations to the Secretary of State, inclusive of an assessment of whether a measure would be in the UK’s economic interest. Where the TRA recommends a measure, the Secretary of State considers the evidence alongside relevant matters in the public interest before taking a decision.
The TRA is an independent arms-length body and as such it would not be appropriate to comment further. All TRA recommendations are published on its public file at the appropriate time.