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EU steel safeguard deal tightens quotas, adds carry-over and scope revisions (update*)

By Oscar Pandiello ( April 14, 2026, 13:40 GMT | Insight) -- EU steel users and importers will face tighter import curbs from July 1, after legislators agreed that new safeguard measures should include cutting tariff-free quotas by about 47 percent and raising the out-of-quota duty to 50 percent. The deal keeps quarterly quota carry-over for a first year, uses “melt and pour” only as one factor in quota allocation for now, and leaves product scope broadly unchanged while ordering fast reviews on possible extensions.US steel imports will face much tighter limits from July after lawmakers and member states sealed a deal on Monday night on a new safeguard regime, cutting tariff-free quota volumes by about 47 percent, to 18.3 million metric tons per year, and raising the duty on out-of-quota shipments to 50 percent....

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