Most EU steel import quotas are almost exhausted by the end of the second quarter
As of June 26, when the EU quota period from April 1, 2025 to June 30, 2025 is coming to an end, some quotas for imports of certain types of steel products allocated to South Korea, Turkey, "other countries" and China have been exhausted, while, according to According to the European Commission, more than 80% of the quotas for some types of steel products have been used up.
As for the exhausted quotas, the quotas of 161,143 tons for HRC (1A) steel and 71,028 tons for organic coated sheets allocated to South Korea have been exhausted. China has exhausted a quota of 140,266 tons for the supply of long products and light profiles. As for the quotas allocated in the "other countries" section, 43,468 million tons of the CRC quota allocated for Turkey, 20,955 million tons of the quota for metal-coated sheets (4B) for Japan, 110,038 million tons of the quota for quarto plates for South Korea and 27,568 million tons have already been spent. tons of rebar quota for Egypt.
As for the quotas allocated to Turkey, the country has spent 93.97%, 95.6%, 99.95% and 93.6% of its quotas of 627,026 thousand tons for HRC (1A), 21,177 thousand tons for cold-rolled stainless steel sheets and strips, 49,432 thousand tons for gas pipes and 43,093 thousand tons. tons for other welded pipes. pipes, respectively. The country also used 99.95% of the quota of 118,012 tons for the production of metal-coated sheets (4A), highlighted in the "other countries" section.
Other product quotas used can be seen in the table below.
[b]Product[/b][b]Country[/b][b]Quantity[/b] [b](mt)[/b]Used (%)HRC (1A)Australia (in other countries))111,38099.34CRCSouth Korea94,59198.48Electrical circuits (3B)
China39,73284.72Vietnam (within other countries)43,46892.67Taiwan (within other countries)43,46882.47Japan (within other countries)43,46899.87Metal-coated sheets (4A)
South Korea48,91694.19Great Britain49,84998.65Taiwan (in the "other countries" section))118,01299.17Organic coated sheetsTaiwan22,90499.79Quarto sheetsIndonesia (in the "other countries" section))110,03893.28FittingsAlgeria (in the "other countries" section)27,56899.92Wire rod
Malaysia (in the "other countries" section))15,07499.44Algeria (in the "other countries" section))15,07499.74(0:63 Egypt (in the "other countries" section))15,07499.71Hollow profilesMacedonia28,85299.77Other seamless