EU maintains steel safeguard measure until Jun 30, 2024
The European Commission announced on June 27, 2023 that the EU steel safeguard measure will be extended until June 30, 2024. The tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) will be increased (liberalized) by 4% from July 1, 2023. The decision to extend the safeguard measure came after a review investigation that evaluated whether the measure should be terminated […]
EU to extend steel safeguard measures until Jun 30, 2024
The European Commission has extended the steel safeguard measures on 26 items of steel products until June 30, 2024. The measures were originally introduced in 2019 in response to Section 232 of the US, which imposed tariffs on steel imports from the EU. The commission said that the extension of the measures was necessary to […]
Assofermet asks EC to soften trade, safeguard measures to prevent market distortion
The association has specifically asked not to prolong existing safeguard measures into steel imports beyond their expiration on June 30 this year, it said on Wednesday February 17. Assofermet said the European market must be open to imports to encourage free competition and avoid excessive market concentration. It also claimed the European steel sector has […]
European Commission on cusp of steel safeguard review
The European Commission is likely to launch a review into its tariff-rate quota steel safeguard in the coming weeks. Member states representing the bulk of the EU’s steel production — Netherlands and Sweden aside — requested the review with a view to the safeguard being extended, as has European steel association Eurofer. The safeguard will […]
Eurometal urges EU to adjust steel safeguard measures
The European stockholders and traders association Eurometal recently urged Valdis Dombrovskis, EU’s new trade commissioner, to modify the steel safeguard measure in order to protect the steel industry amid surging steel prices. Eurometal indicated that it has to consider the price change in the past 18 months and some inventory status at the port at […]
Statele membre UE solicită CE să extindă măsurile de salvgardare la importurile de oțel
12 state membre ale UE au solicitat Comisiei Europene să extindă măsurile de salvgardare la importurile de oțel care urmează să expire la 30 iunie anul acesta, potrivit unei scrisori trimise oficialilor UE pe 26 ianuarie. Scrisoarea, a fost semnată de guvernele a 12 țări: Italia, Germania, Franța, Slovacia, Luxemburg, Finlanda, Ungaria, Polonia, Spania, Republica […]
EU remains Turkey’s main HRC export market despite barriers
Although Turkish steel mills’ overall hot-rolled coil exports in January-November 2020 were 14.5% below last year at 2.71 million mt, due to the EU’s import quotas and anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations, the EU region remained Turkish mills’ main HRC export destination last year. Despite quotas and safeguard investigations, Italy remained Turkey’s largest HRC export […]
British steel traders & importers have concerns about UK steel quotas
After Brexit, British steel traders and importers faced increased uncertainty about guaranteed quotas from January to March because the UK quota system had not been updated on Monday. Due to technical issues, the UK quota system could not be updated, so even if some product quotas have been exhausted, quota requirements will be accepted. Once […]
Reexaminarea măsurilor de salvgardare aplicabile importurilor de anumite produse siderurgice
La 31 ianuarie 2019, Comisia Europeană (denumită în continuare „Comisia”) a instituit măsuri de salvgardare definitive pentru anumite produse siderurgice („regulamentul privind măsurile de salvgardare definitive”) (1). Conform considerentului 161 din regulamentul privind măsurile de salvgardare definitive, Comisia poate fi nevoită, pe baza considerațiilor privind interesul Uniunii, să reexamineze anumite elemente ale măsurilor de salvgardare pentru […]
Comisia impune măsuri de salvgardare definitive la importurile de produse siderurgice
Astăzi, Comisia Europeană a publicat un regulament de impunere a unor măsuri de salvgardare definitive asupra importurilor de produse siderurgice. Aceste măsuri vor intra în vigoare mâine, 2 februarie, și le vor înlocui pe cele provizorii în vigoare din iulie 2018. O anchetă a Comisiei a fost lansată în martie 2018 ca parte a răspunsului […]