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    EU imposes steel tariff-rate quotas from 2 Feb

    npsBy nps6 February 2019Updated:25 June 2024 No Comments2 Mins Read
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    (BRUSSELS) – The EU Commission imposed definitive safeguard measures on imports of steel products on Friday, taking effect on 2 February, and replacing the provisional ones in place since July 2018.

    The EU executive launched an investigation in March last year as part of a European Union response to the decision by the United States to impose tariffs on steel products.

    This investigation showed that imports of steel products into the EU have been increasing sharply. This the Commission said was seriously threatening EU steel-makers, who are still in a fragile position due to persistent overcapacity in the global steel market and an unparalleled number of unfair trade practices by certain trading partners.

    It said the restrictions on the US market caused by the Section 232 tariffs on steel are causing a diversion of trade flows into the EU.

    The Commission stresses the measures are fully in line with the EU’s WTO commitments and have been carefully shaped to preserve a continued flow of imports that guarantees effective competition in the European steel market and sufficient choice for the numerous EU users of steel.

    The measures concern 26 steel product categories and consist of tariff-rate quotas above which a duty of 25% will apply. The tariff rate quotas fully preserve the traditional levels of imports into the EU and will be increased progressively. This system is similar to the provisional measures currently in place, with some important modifications that minimise trade disruptions and preserve traditional trade arrangements in terms of quantities and origins. For example, the main supplying countries will benefit from individual quotas based on their own historical imports.

    These measures should remain in place for a period up to three years, but can be reviewed in case of changed circumstances.

    The Commission has also decided to suspend the prior surveillance mechanism for the same products covered by the definitive measures as long as they are in effect.

    The safeguard measures are part of a three-pronged response outlined by the Commission in 2018. As a result of the import duties applied by the United States as of 23 March 2018 under Section 232 the US Trade Expansion Act of 1962, exporting steel to the United States has become less attractive. There are already indications that, as a consequence, steel suppliers have diverted some of their exports from the US to the EU.

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