The U.K. has also expanded its list of products facing import bans so that it will now be imposing import tariffs and bans on over $1.27 billion of Russian goods.
"Legislation will be laid in due course to implement these measures," the release said, adding that "the overall scope of products affected by existing and planned tariff increases will remain under review."
On March 25, the U.K. announced additional duties of 35 percent on Russian and Belarusian imports of "new pneumatic tires of rubber."
The UK's full list of "rubber and articles thereof" facing further additional duties (35 percentage points) comprises:
- 4001—Natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and similar natural gums in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip;
- 4002—Synthetic rubber and factice derived from oils, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip; mixtures of any product of heading 4001 with any product of this heading, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip;
- 4005—Compounded rubber, unvulcanized, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip;
- 4008—Plates, sheets, strip, rods and profile shapes of vulcanized rubber other than hard rubber;
- 4009—Tubes, pipes and hoses, of vulcanized rubber other than hard rubber, with or without their fittings;
- 4010—Conveyor or transmission belts or belting of vulcanized rubber;
- 4015—Articles of apparel and clothing accessories (including gloves, mittens and mitts), for all purposes, of vulcanized rubber other than hard rubber; and
- 4016—Other articles of vulcanized rubber other than hard rubber.
