On 1^st April 2020 the final quarter of the II period of safeguard measures concerning the metal products import to the EU had started.

On state of 6^th  April 2020 (76.78% of the covered period) the most consumed individual tariff quota is in category 28 (rebarsNon-Alloy Wire) – 95,10%. The least consuming is in category 17 (Angles, Shapes and Sections of Iron or Non Alloy Steel), 35.08%.

For the category 20 (gas pipes) in which Ukraine is a participant of the global tariff quota, on state of 6^th  April 2020 (6.52% of the covered quarter), the consuming level is 6.41%. More detailed http://www.ukrmetprom.org/tariff-quota-usage-ukrainian-steel-products-import-eu-daily-monitoring-15-07-2019/

At the same time, in each of 11 categories in which Ukraine possesses individual tariff quotas, there are from 2 to 6 other countries that have their own individual tariff quotas and that have an opportunity during the final quarter of the second period to consume remnants of global tariff quotas of respective categories.

On state of 6^th April 2020 the following quotas had been exhausted:

• Category 14 (Stainless Bars and Light Sections): the individual tariff quota of the 2^nd period for India;
• Category 17 (Angles, Shapes and Sections of Iron or Non Alloy Steel): the individual tariff quota of the 2nd period for South Korea;
• Category 21 (Hollow Sections): the individual tariff quota of the 2^nd period for Turkey and Russia;
• Category 22 (Seamless Stainless Tubes and Pipes): the individual tariff quota of the 2nd period for South Korea, Japan and China;
• Category 24 (Other Seamless Pipes): the individual tariff quota of the 2^nd period for USA;
• Category 28 (Non Alloy Wire): the individual tariff quota of the 2^nd period for Turkey.

The general picture is shown in tables 1-11:

Association UKRMETALURGPROM continues to monitor and analyze the situation with tariff quotas implemented by the EC as a safeguard measure against the metal products import to the EU.