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Limestone import registration ends as subsidy probe terminated
The registration requirement for imports of creamy/white limestone from Portugal ends on 22 September 2026 after the Trade Remedies Authority terminated its anti-subsidy investigation.
By Taxxa AI OyPublished 21 September 2026
Importers of creamy and white limestone from Portugal no longer face the registration requirement that applied while the anti-subsidy investigation was running. The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade has published a notice confirming that, following the Trade Remedies Authority's termination of the anti-subsidy investigation, the earlier requirement for HM Revenue and Customs to register imports of creamy/white limestone originating from Portugal ceases to have effect from 22 September 2026.GOV
The change replaces the previous notice, in which the Secretary of State for Business and Trade required registration of those imports under paragraph 29 of Schedule 4 to the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018.GOV Registration of imports is the mechanism that lets the authorities track incoming goods while an investigation is live so that measures can later be applied to them if the case is made; once the investigation is terminated, that tracking obligation falls away. The practical consequence is direct: from 22 September 2026, importers of the Portuguese limestone concerned do not need to have their consignments registered on entry, and there is no continuing registration duty hanging over shipments arriving on or after that date.
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The notice is narrow in scope. It concerns only creamy and white limestone originating from PortugalGOV, and only the registration requirement
GOV — it says nothing about any duty rate, undertaking or other remedy, because termination of the investigation means no anti-subsidy measure follows from it. The notice addresses only the registration requirement itself. Anyone who had postponed or rerouted shipments while registration applied can resume planning around the 22 September 2026 cessation date.
Businesses that adjusted contracts, pricing or supply chains while the registration requirement was in force may want to revisit those arrangements with their advisers in light of the termination.
Legal basis: trade remedies notice of the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, made following termination of the anti-subsidy investigation by the Trade Remedies Authority; the earlier registration requirement was imposed under paragraph 29 of Schedule 4 to the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018.
If you import creamy or white limestone originating from Portugal, stop treating consignments arriving on or after 22 September 2026 as subject to the registration requirement.