On November 18, 2025, the European Union (EU) Commission imposed definitive safeguard measures on certain ferroalloys consisting of country- specific tariff rate quotas (TRQs) by product type, limiting the volume of imports to enter the EU duty-free.
Imports exceeding these quota volumes may enter duty- free if their price exceeds the established threshold.
For imports priced below the established threshold the applicable duty will be the equivalent to the difference between the net free-at-Union-frontier price and the established price threshold for each type of product.
The safeguard measures apply to all third countries including Norway and Iceland which are part of the European Economic Area.
The measures are applicable from November 19th, 2025.
Link to the EU Commission press release can be found here: Commission imposes definitive safeguard measures on certain ferroalloys
Link to the Regulation (EU) 2025/2351 can be found here: Implementing regulation - EU - 2025/2351 - EN - EUR-Lex
