{"id":486423,"date":"2025-10-09T19:26:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T19:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/486423\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T19:26:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T19:26:18","slug":"eu-tackles-cheap-steel-imports-recycling-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/486423\/","title":{"rendered":"EU tackles cheap steel imports \u2022 Recycling International"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Increased tariffs and lower quotas for steel imported into Europe are being planned by the EU next year.<\/strong><strong\/><\/p>\n<p>The European Commission has unveiled a legislative proposal in response to pressure from some member states and their steel industries, which have been struggling to compete with cheap imports from countries such and China and T\u00fcrkiye.<\/p>\n<p>The EU is proposing to reduce tariff-free quotas for imports to 18.3 million tonnes a year, a 47% reduction from 2024 levels. The new measures would come into force early next year but will first need to be approved by member states and the European Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>The quotas will be allocated per product category based on the share of imports thatproduct held during 2022-24. If necessary, the Commission may implement country-specific quotas or restrictions. Once these quotas are exhausted, a 50% tariff will apply, up from the current 25%. The measures will require importers to declare the country of \u2018melt and pour\u2019 origin, verifying where the steel was originally produced in liquid form to prevent circumvention.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lost jobs<\/strong><strong\/><\/p>\n<p>\u2018We have global over-capacity, unfair competition, state aid, and undercutting in prices and we are reacting to that,\u2019 said St\u00e9phane S\u00e9journ\u00e9, the European Commission\u2019s executive vp for prosperity and industrial strategy, told a news conference in Strasbourg. \u2018Eighteen thousand jobs were lost in the steel sector in 2024. That\u2019s too many, and we had to put a stop to that.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The move has shocked steel-makers in the UK as the EU is the UK\u2019s most important export destination for steel, worth nearly \u00a33 billion (EUR 3.5 billion) and representing 78% of steel products going to overseas markets.<\/p>\n<p>It comes after a proposed deal to eliminate tariffs on UK steel exports to the US was put on hold indefinitely in September. Meanwhile, Chinese-owned plants in Scunthorpe were taken over earlier in the year and Liberty Steel plants in Rotherham and Stocksbridge collapsed into government control in September.<\/p>\n<p>The UK Government is hoping for special dispensation although it is now outside the EU following \u2018Brexit\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Assessment<\/strong><strong\/><\/p>\n<p>The Commission will assess the proposed regulation within two years of its adoption. If necessary, it will consider making a legislative proposal to add additional steel products, including those made of or containing a significant amount of steel. In addition, the Commission shall evaluate the effectiveness of the regulation before 1 July 2031 and every five years thereafter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Increased tariffs and lower quotas for steel imported into Europe are being planned by the EU next year.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":486424,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[2000,299,5187,2557,160881,479],"class_list":{"0":"post-486423","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-european","11":"tag-european-commission","12":"tag-quotas","13":"tag-tariffs"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115345856039874086","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}