Sporting shooting goods included in "possibles" list of items to attract retaliatory UK tariffs.

[enfieldspares]

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67ee668c9eae202448299c5b/request-for-input-indicative-product-list.pdf

The sporting shooting goods are on page 409.

Request for Input Indicative Long List of US Products
This is an indicative product list to demonstrate what products may be subject to any future UK tariff response. The inclusion of a product on this list does not mean that it will appear in a UK tariff response, should the UK choose to respond with tariffs. To find the products that you trade under in the indicative long list of US products, use the page search function on your device and type in the CN8 code of the product you are looking for.

93031000 Muzzle-loading firearms, neither designed nor suitable for projecting cartridges
93032010 Sporting, hunting or target-shooting shotguns, single-barrelled, smooth bore (excl. muzzle-loading firearms and spring, air or gas guns)
93032095 Sporting, hunting or target-shooting shotguns, with one or two smooth bore combined with a rifled bore and double-barrelled smooth bore shotguns
93033000 Sporting, hunting and target-shooting shotguns with one or more rifled bores (other than spring, air or gas guns)
93039000 Firearms and similar devices which operate by the firing of an explosive charge (excl. sporting, hunting or target-shooting rifles, revolvers and pistols of heading 9302 and military weapons)
93040000 Spring, air or gas guns and pistols, truncheons and other non-firearms (excl.swords, cutlasses, bayonettes and similar arms of heading 9307)
93052000 Parts and accessories of shotguns or rifles of heading 9303, n.e.s.
93062100 Cartridges for smooth-barrelled shotguns
93062900 Parts of cartridges for smooth-barrelled shotguns; lead shot for air rifles and pistols
93063090 Cartridges and parts thereof, n.e.s.

 

[Donkey Basher]

So sporting shotguns included (93032010, 93032095 & 93933000) but rifles (93039000) excluded?

 

[enfieldspares]

Well it's all a "wish list" at present. Of what the UK could perhaps impose tariffs on if it wished to. Let us hope not. But of course in overall terms what the UK imports, new, from the USA in firearms is...such as Ruger...less than 1% of its that company's total annual firearms made. I am guessing if there is a response it'll be what causes the most pain in US States with Republican Party Senators? So likely the usual suspects of Kentucky and Tennessee whiskies? Especially as Kentucky elects Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul.

 

[TringSaint]

I thought we already had a 100% tariff on US firearms anyway, as they appear to be double the cost here compared with there!!

 

[WH308]

I thought we already had a 100% tariff on US firearms anyway, as they appear to be double the cost here compared with there!!

I looked at a bolt on bolt knob extension for my how’s the other day. In the USA $9 form legacy sports. In the UK £48.99 from Shooting Sports!

 

[TringSaint]

I looked at a bolt on bolt knob extension for my how’s the other day. In the USA $9 form legacy sports. In the UK £48.99 from Shooting Sports!

That’s a great tariff. I wholesome tariff, a beautiful tariff!!

Must stop there else the thread will become political!

 

[enfieldspares]

Tariffs! LOL! When I had the UK agency for the Dade Speedloader the tariff for "articles of plastic" was, say, 13% or whatever. The tariff for "magazines for small arms" was 6.8%. That at least I do recall. So I had the owner of Dade the very very nice John Fordham to describe them on the manifests as "patented revolver magazines". Which he did. I must have imported these in the hundreds. Especially S & W "K" Frame and then the then new "L" Frame. I have now only one in my house.

 

[NoIDeer]

This might force British manufacturing to wake up. Ill wind and all that.

Those tariff item numbers were a bundle of joy back in the day, the book was more useful as a step.

 

[Apthorpe]

This might force British manufacturing to wake up. Ill wind and all that.

Those tariff item numbers were a bundle of joy back in the day, the book was more useful as a step.

Fat chance with Mliband. You can't competitively produce firearms or cartridges with damn near the most expensive energy in the world, usong some of the most expensive labour in one of the most highly regulated markets. The consensus in the UK is that we don't manufacturing under ant circumstances. It's wrong, but get used to it.

 

[alberta boy]

I thought we already had a 100% tariff on US firearms anyway, as they appear to be double the cost here compared with there!!

We're in the same boat , mostly because of our drastically devalued dollar though .

AB

 

[63]

Sadly I’d wager that the wider tariff games will probably hurt all of our spending power more than specific tariffs on shooting stuff.

Anyone in the trade have a sense of how much shooting related material is imported from the US? Ammunition aside, in my corner of the sport it is mostly European brands I see for sale/being used. (Tikka/sako/bergara/swarowski/zeiss etc etc etc). Newer rifles and kit from US brands often seems hard to get hold of/thin on the ground anyway? (Vortex optical being a notable exception)