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ANNOUNCEMENT 28 Jun 2022
In June 2022, the EU adopted a regulation updating the list of agricultural and industrial products subject to a reduction or elimination of import duties.
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SOURCE
EUR-Lex. Official Journal of the EU. "Council Regulation (EU) 2022/1008 of 17 June 2022 amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2278 suspending the Common Customs Tariff duties referred to in Article 56(2), point (c), of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 on certain agricultural and industrial products". 28/06/2022. Available at:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv%3AOJ.L_.2022.170.01.0001.01.ENG&toc=OJ%3AL%3A2022%3A170%3ATOC
EUR-Lex. Official Journal of the EU. "Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2278 of 20 December 2021 suspending the Common Customs Tariff duties referred to in Article 56(2), point (c), of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 on certain agricultural and industrial products, and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1387/2013". 29/12/2021. Available at:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv%3AOJ.L_.2021.466.01.0001.01.ENG&toc=OJ%3AL%3A2021%3A466%3ATOC
WTO Tariff Download Facility. Accessed 11/01/2022: http://tariffdata.wto.org/Default.aspx
On 28 June 2022, the EU adopted Council Regulation (EU) 2022/1008 reducing or eliminating the import duties on 41 agricultural and industrial products. The measure modifies Council Regulation (EU) 021/2278 of December 2021 (see related state act) with the objective of ensuring a sufficient supply of these products which are currently not being produced in the EU.
In particular, the measure eliminates the import duties imposed on 36 six-digits tariffs subheadings and reduces the import duties for 4 six-digits subheadings to a range between 1.3% and 3.2%. According to the WTO Tariff Download Facility, the previously applicable import duties for the benefitted products ranged between 0.7% and 6.5%.
The measure entered into force on 1 July 2022. Specific tariff subheadings are due to be revised before December 2022 and December 2026, which can lead to amendments.
On 28 June 2022, the EU adopted Council Regulation (EU) 2022/1008 increasing the import duties on 8 agricultural and industrial products enclosed in 6 six-digits tariff subheadings. The measure modifies Council Regulation (EU) 021/2278 of December 2021 (see related state act).
In particular, the measure eliminates the following CN codes from the Annex of Council Regulation (EU) 021/2278: 2905.39.95, 7607.11.90, 8482.99.00, 8529.90.92, 8548.00.90, and 8708.94.20. As a consequence, the import duties of these products were increased from 0% and 3.7% for the case of CN code 7607.11.90 to values ranging between 0.9% and 8%. The new duties are retrieved from the MFN duties registered in the WTO Tariff Download Facility.
The measure entered into force on 1 July 2022. Specific tariff subheadings are due to be revised before December 2022 and December 2026, which can lead to amendments.