United Kingdom keeps its extra import duty on small Turkish rainbow trout at current rates until 30 January 2031.<\/p>\n
The UK government has extended its extra import duty on small rainbow trout from Turkey for five years, until 30 January 2031.<\/p>\n
The decision is set out in trade remedies notice 2026\/31, published on 5 November 2026 and in effect from 6 November 20261<\/a><\/sup>. It keeps the duty at the rates that already applied, so the cost of each shipment does not change.<\/p>\n In short, Turkish rainbow trout entering the UK will keep paying the same extra duty, from 1.5% to 9.5%, for five more years. The rate depends on which Turkish company made the fish, and a signed invoice declaration is needed to claim a lower company rate.<\/p>\n The Secretary of State accepted a recommendation from the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA), the UK body that investigates unfair import competition1<\/a><\/sup>. The TRA had recommended extending the duty on rainbow trout from Turkey for a further 5 years.<\/p>\n The duty is a countervailing duty<\/strong>, an extra import tax that offsets subsidies a foreign government gives its producers. It is charged on top of normal customs duty. The new notice replaces taxation notice 2021\/12, which set the duty until now1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The duty now applies until 30 January 2031<\/strong>1<\/a><\/sup>. That is five years after the date the duty would have ended, 30 January 2026, if no review had started.<\/p>\n A trade remedy duty in the UK lasts for a fixed period. Before it ends, it can be checked in an expiry review<\/strong>, a study of whether the duty is still needed. The TRA opened this review, case ER0080, on 22 January 20262<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The review was requested by the British Trout Association, which the TRA case page lists as the applicant2<\/a><\/sup>. UK trout farms also registered to take part. The case page names Harome Trout Farm Limited, Britford Trout Farm and Kames Fish Farming Limited as domestic producers2<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n On the Turkish side, the Ministry of Trade of the Republic of T\u00fcrkiye registered as a foreign government and sent a questionnaire reply2<\/a><\/sup>. A Turkish seafood trader, \u00d6zer G\u0131da, also registered as a contributor.<\/p>\n During the review, the TRA held a public consultation on whether the duty should continue1<\/a><\/sup>. After it weighed the responses and made its own assessment, it recommended the extension.<\/p>\n Yes. On 22 January 2026, the government published trade remedies notice 2026\/33<\/a><\/sup>. It kept the duty in place while the review ran, from 22 January 2026.<\/p>\n Under that notice, the duty was treated as continuing until the TRA made its decision and the Secretary of State accepted or rejected it3<\/a><\/sup>. So importers paid the duty without a break during 2026.<\/p>\n The new notice formally varies the duty from 30 January 2026<\/strong>, the date it would otherwise have ended1<\/a><\/sup>. In practice, there is no gap between the old and the new duty.<\/p>\n The TRA case page lists the main steps of the review in its public file2<\/a><\/sup>:<\/p>\n The TRA also published several notices extending the case timeline, in February, March and April 20262<\/a><\/sup>. The final notice, 2026\/31, came on the same day as the final determination.<\/p>\n The duty covers rainbow trout, the farmed fish known by the scientific name Oncorhynchus mykiss, from Turkey1<\/a><\/sup>. It covers only smaller fish and fillets, sold in these forms:<\/p>\n Larger fish and larger fillets fall outside this description. The TRA did not remove any products, because it received no evidence to support excluding any goods1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n Importers declare the goods under six UK commodity codes, the numbers that identify a product on a customs declaration1<\/a><\/sup>:<\/p>\n These are the same six codes listed in the interim notice of January 20263<\/a><\/sup>. The same codes also appeared in a 2019 HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) notice about the duty4<\/a><\/sup>. The range of goods has therefore not changed.<\/p>\n The duty is a percentage of the net, free-at-the-frontier price<\/strong>, the value of the goods delivered to the UK border, before other import duty1<\/a><\/sup>. The rate depends on the Turkish company that made the fish. Each company has an additional TAP code<\/strong>, a four-character code that goes on the customs declaration.<\/p>\nWhat did the UK decide on Turkish rainbow trout?<\/h2>\n
Why did the Trade Remedies Authority review the trout duty?<\/h2>\n
Did the duty stay in force during the review?<\/h2>\n
Key dates for the trout duty<\/h4>\n
How did the review reach its decision?<\/h2>\n
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Which trout products does the duty cover?<\/h2>\n
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Which commodity codes are affected?<\/h2>\n
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What duty rates apply to Turkish trout exporters?<\/h2>\n
Countervailing duty by Turkish exporter, %<\/h4>\n