{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-preference-scheme-developing-countries-trading-scheme-regulations-2023/schedule-4/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-preference-scheme-developing-countries-trading-scheme-regulations-2023/schedule-4/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2023/561",
  "legislation_title": "The Trade Preference Scheme (Developing Countries Trading Scheme) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-preference-scheme-developing-countries-trading-scheme-regulations-2023",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In determining whether increased quantities of DCTS imports are causing, or threatening to cause, serious difficulties for United Kingdom producers of like goods or directly competing goods the Secretary of State must take into account whether—\n(a) any such producers have suffered a deterioration in their economic or financial situation, which has had or is likely to have an effect upon their—\n(i) market share,\n(ii) production,\n(iii) stocks,\n(iv) production capacity,\n(v) solvency,\n(vi) profitability, or\n(vii) capacity utilisation;\n(b) employment in the United Kingdom is adversely affected.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 2 in force at 19.6.2023, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/561/schedule/4/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:45:05.234329+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}