EU customs and trade news: July 2026

Update for week 31: Council approves the EU-Mexico Interim Agreement on trade; EU extends the suspension of its rebalancing measures against the US with no end date; General Court classifies resin-impregnated decorative paper under heading 3921; CN Explanatory Notes updated on doors and windows, and on decorative textile dolls and festive articles; galvanised threaded rods and a Y-shaped plastic infusion-line component classified by regulation; definitive anti-dumping duties on polyamide yarns and provisional duties on benzyl alcohol and sodium benzoate from China; ferro-silicon duties on China and Russia maintained; US biodiesel measures under expiry review; EU sanctions listings over Southeast Asian scam centres, Iran, and the DRC, terrorism and Iran regimes renewed, and partner-country alignment with July measures; CBAM competent authorities published and verifier accreditation route set out; WCO study on the origin of remanufactured and recycled goods; and further news.
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