EU reinstates sections TRQ for UK, Türkiye, Korea

The European Commission has reinstated country-specific quotas in category 17, i.e., angles, shapes and sections of iron or non-alloy steel, for the UK, Türkiye and South Korea, Kallanish reports.

The restored volume targets come alongside a residual quota for other suppliers, whilst removing the previously introduced 15% country-specific cap within this category, as it was found to unfairly restrict access for traditional suppliers and distort historical trade flows.

These changes will apply from 1 August.

To prevent market distortion within the residual quota, a new 40% per-country cap is introduced. No access to the residual quota will be allowed in the final quarter of the safeguard year for category 17.
As the adjustment comes mid-quarter, the remaining unused quota volume as of 1 August will be divided amongst the reinstated country-specific quotas for the UK, Türkiye and South Korea, as well as the residual quota for other countries.

The UK will receive 40.28% of the remaining volume. Türkiye is assigned 33.52%. South Korea is calculated at 7.81%. The remaining 18.39% will be allocated to other countries under the residual quota.

The adjustment affects CN codes 7216 31 10, 7216 31 90, 7216 32 11, 7216 32 19, 7216 32 91, 7216 32 99, 7216 33 10 and 7216 33 90.

Separatelly, the same regulation amendment removes the cap in category 4B covering metallic coated sheets as a product under no import pressure.

Additionally, the EU published corrections of technical inaccuracies related to footnotes.

CN codes 7216 31 10, 7216 31 90, 7216 32 11, 7216 32 19, 7216 32 91, 7216 32 99, 7216 33 10, 7216 33 90

* Pro-rata allocation of the remaining duty-free volumes available under the globalised quota on 1.8.2025

Elina Virchenko Ukraine

kallanish.com