IREPAS - International Rebar Producers and Exporters Association » FTA https://www.irepas.com ıIREPAS gathers producers, traders and consumers of steel rebars, wire rods, sections as well as suppliers of ferrous scrap and steel raw materials Fri, 14 Aug 2026 07:01:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 EU sets country specific quota allocations under post-safeguard regime https://www.irepas.com/?p=6514&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eu-sets-country-specific-quota-allocations-under-post-safeguard-regime https://www.irepas.com/?p=6514#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:17:39 +0000 Irepas https://www.irepas.com/?p=6514 The European Commission has announced that it has set out the detailed country allocation of tariff quotas under the EU’s new steel trade regime. The total annual tariff quota volume of 18.35 million mt will be distributed across 26 steel product categories, replacing the previous safeguard quota administration. Each quota is divided equally into four quarterly volumes.

Half of the import quotas have been allocated exclusively to free trade agreement (FTA) partners, while the remaining half will be available to all exporting countries, including FTA partners.

The regulation establishes three different quota access mechanisms depending on the exporting country’s status.

Countries receiving a country-specific quota (CSQ) may use their allocated quota immediately. Once exhausted, eligible FTA partners may continue exporting under an additional FTA Quota – CSQ, which is administered on a first-come, first-served basis.

Countries without country-specific quotas may instead access:
- “Other countries” quota: accessible for the exporting countries which are not FTA partners.
- FTA Quota – Other countries quota: accessible for the exporting countries which are FTA partners.

The countries that are able to access these three type of quotas may vary depending on the products.

The CSQ allocations for reinforcing bars are as follows:

  • Türkiye : 239,66.09 mtons (59,919.02 mtons per quarter)
  • Egypt : 144,367.80 mtons (36,091.95 mtons per quarter)
  • Algeria : 63,761.42 mtons (15,940.36 mtons per quarter)
  • Moldova : 39,719.11 mtons (9,929.78 mtons per quarter)
  • China : 20,216.13 mtons (5,054.03 mtons per quarter)
  • Ukraine : 67,710.16 mtons (16,927.54 mtons per quarter)
  • FTA Quota – CSQ : 158,803.37 mtons (39,700.84 mtons per quarter)
  • Other Countries : 63,322.34 mtons (15,830.59 mtons per quarter)
  • FTA Quota – Other Countries : 38,299.23 mtons (9,574.81 mtons per quarter)
  • UK (to Northern Ireland from other parts of the UK) : 8,649.90 mtons (2,162.48 mtons per quarter)

The CSQ allocations for wire rods are as follows:

  • Türkiye : 244,589.00 mtons (61,147.25 mtons per quarter)
  • Malaysia : 86,683.40 mtons (21,670.85 mtons per quarter)
  • UK : 175,399.53 mtons (43,849.88 mtons per quarter)
  • Ukraine : 189,145.02 mtons (47,286.26 mtons per quarter)
  • Switzerland : 162,195.34 mtons (40,548.83 mtons per quarter)
  • Viet Nam : 97,086.65 mtons (24,271.66 mtons per quarter)
  • Moldova : 95,839.25 mtons (23,959.81 mtons per quarter)
  • Egypt : 86,714.89 mtons (21,678.72 mtons per quarter)
  • FTA Quota – CSQ : 122,881.38 mtons (30,720.34 mtons per quarter)
  • Other Countries : 153,927.34 mtons (38,481.84 mtons per quarter)
  • FTA Quota – Other Countries : 138,440.96 mtons (34,610.24 mtons per quarter)
  • Korea : 11,334.76 mtons (2,833.69 mtons per quarter)
  • Japan : 5,293.99 mtons (1,323.50 mtons per quarter)

 

]]> https://www.irepas.com/?feed=rss2&p=6514 0 India-EFTA FTA to come into effect on October 1 https://www.irepas.com/?p=6248&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=india-efta-fta-to-come-into-effect-on-october-1 https://www.irepas.com/?p=6248#comments Mon, 21 Jul 2025 07:44:46 +0000 Irepas https://www.irepas.com/?p=6248 The India-EFTA (European Free Trade Association) free trade agreement (FTA) will come into effect from October 1, 2025, India’s commerce minister, Piyush Goyal, said in a statement on Monday, July 21. The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) members are Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland. Minister Goyal said that the two sides had signed a Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA) on March 10 last year.
He said that all four countries have ratified the FTA and lodged their documents with the repository in Norway. He stated that the EFTA Bloc has committed an investment of $100 billion of which $50 billion will be invested within 10 years after the implementation of the agreement and another $50 billion in the following five years.

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