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EU customs and trade news: October 2026
Editorial Board04 Oct 2026
EU customs and trade news: October 2026
Trade preferences could still be utilised more - EUR 73.5 billion of eligible imports entered without them in 2025; EU sanctions on 20 persons and 17 entities over deported Ukrainian children and the barring of Yabloko; import ban on grain from occupied Ukrainian territories also covers transit, the Commission explains;...
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UK customs and trade news: September 2026Editorial Board04 Oct 2026
UK customs and trade news: September 2026
News in brief: UK Global Tariff and other reference documents updated for 1 October 2026, including steel tariff-rate quotas, tariff suspensions and authorised use; CPTPP preferential tariff and origin reference documents updated; new UK vaping products duty and vaping duty stamps scheme to apply from 1 October 2026; UK CBAM...
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EU customs and trade news: September 2026Editorial Board01 Sep 2026Updated 27 Sep 2026
EU customs and trade news: September 2026
Update 21-27 September: EUDR - updated Information System guide covers the simplified declaration and the new role for non-SME traders; Commission puts forward a handling fee of EUR 2 per item; EU-Philippines - substantial agreement on a free trade agreement; customs reform - Commission expects the handling fee on low-value...
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EU customs and trade news: August 2026Editorial Board30 Aug 2026
EU customs and trade news: August 2026
Update 24-30 August: CBAM verification and accreditation guidance published, registry access for verifiers opened; updated PEM cumulation matrix opens new possibilities; anti-dumping reinvestigation opened concerning imports of titanium dioxide from China; ISIL/Al-Qaida list identifying data amended across 21 entries; Russia sanctions - updated FAQs; EUCDM incorporates the EUR 150 distance-sales...
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Ukraine customs and trade news: June/July 2026Editorial Board03 Aug 2026
Ukraine customs and trade news: June/July 2026
News in brief: Ukraine completes its move to NCTS Phase 6, with Poland now transitioning under the opt-in option; the government approves a draft law bringing EU-style VAT on marketplace parcels from €0, with marketplaces as deemed suppliers and a one-year no-penalty transition; a re-approved draft new Customs Code would...
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EU customs and trade news: July 2026Editorial Board02 Aug 2026
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...
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US customs tariff news: July 2026Editorial Board02 Aug 2026
US customs tariff news: July 2026
News in brief: USTR imposes Section 301 forced-labour tariffs on 60 economies, including the EU and UK, from 24 July 2026 - the EU rate is set net of the US MFN duty so that goods already at 10% or above take no additional duty, while the UK faces a...
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US customs tariffs news: June 2026Editorial Board03 Jul 2026
US customs tariffs news: June 2026
News in brief: the US further adjusts its Section 232 tariffs on steel, aluminium and copper, moving agricultural and mobile industrial equipment into a reduced band and easing the US-content threshold; the US Trade Representative proposes Section 301 tariffs on all products of 60 economies, including the EU and UK,...
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EU customs and trade news: June 2026Editorial Board28 Jun 2026
EU customs and trade news: June 2026
Update for week 26: new Generalised Scheme of Tariff Preferences (GSP); new framework against steel overcapacity; EU-US trade - Council gives final approval for the tariff commitments under Joint Statement; updated EU's CITES trade rules after CoP20; new CBAM factsheet - actual vs default values in your declaration; anti-dumping duties...
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UK customs and trade news: June 2026Editorial Board28 Jun 2026
UK customs and trade news: June 2026
News in brief: standard for customs intermediaries launched; new versions of the UK tariffs and other reference documents published; anti-dumping measure on hot-rolled steel plate rejected; anti-dumping duty on high fatigue performance steel concrete reinforcement bar (rebar) extended; the end date for imports of Russian diesel and jet fuel set;...
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Ukraine customs and trade news: April/May 2026
Ukraine customs and trade news: April/May 2026
01 Jun 2026
News in brief: progress in adopting the new Customs Code of Ukraine; updates to the common transit procedure; simplifications to export-related formalities concerning soya and rapeseed; customs brokers’ licences being revoked; pilot of deforestation due diligence compliance mechanism for Ukrainian products launched; CBAM Ukraine-Sweden arrangements to simplify the accreditation process...
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EU customs and trade news: May 2026
EU customs and trade news: May 2026
31 May 2026
Update for week 22: ATA Carnets go digital from 1 June 2026; EU introduces electronic licensing system for export of cultural goods; Special Procedures UCC Guidance revised; CBAM Questions and Answers for the definitive period updated; EU suspends tariff duties on nitrogen fertiliser inputs until May 2027; EU expands sanctions...
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UK customs and trade news: May 2026
UK customs and trade news: May 2026
31 May 2026
News in brief: fuel duty rates amended; new versions of the UK's preferential tariffs and other reference documents published; tariff notices concerning classification of sourdough (liquid) and articles for Christmas festivities issued; TRA Plan 2026–2029 published; countervailing duty on rainbow trout updated; reclaiming duty payments on goods brought into Northern...
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UK customs and trade news: April 2026
UK customs and trade news: April 2026
03 May 2026
News in brief: tariff notices on classification of ankle bandages, back supports and back bandages and liquid food preparations issued; UK's steel trade measure applicable from 1 July 2026 specified; tariffs on a selection of agricultural and food products suspended; certain export control licenses updated; CBAM-related documents published; and other...
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EU customs and trade news: April 2026
EU customs and trade news: April 2026
26 Apr 2026
20-26 April update: EU adopted 20th package of sanctions against Russia; Russian hybrid threats - EU listed two entities; Moldova - EU restrictive measures extended until April 2027; preferential tariff treatment under EU-Mercosur ITA as of 1.5.2026; management of Union tariff quotas for products originating in Mercosur; CBAM webinar -...
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Ukraine customs and trade news: February/March 2026
Ukraine customs and trade news: February/March 2026
02 Apr 2026
News in brief: events supporting the European integration of Ukraine; changes in authorisation for customs procedures; reassessment of companies' financial solvency compliance; the start of automatic processing of import declarations; new anti-dumping investigations regarding imports of steel bars and angles from Turkiye, and welding equipment from China; licensing regime for...
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