EU steel producers ask to limit scrap exports
12 November Eurofer reiterated its position that the Commission "recognizes scrap steel as a strategic secondary raw material under the critical Raw Materials Act, will ensure robust implementation and effective enforcement of the revised EU Waste Transport Regulation to ensure compliance with EU environmental standards in the third countries and avoid circumvention, while ensuring a sustainable and diversified supply of raw materials through the use of bilateral free trade agreements, providing reciprocal market access and eliminating illegal bans for export and other distortions.”
Scrap consumption in the EU is set to increase significantly in the coming years. “Exports of scrap to third countries without comparable environmental and social standards [therefore] need to be limited to ensure that the use of ferrous scrap produced in the EU contributes to sustainable development goals consistent with those of the EU,” Eurofer said.