Practical briefing: managing import duties - suspensions and trade defence measures
The latest round of requests for EU tariff suspensions closed on 15 September 2026. Now is the time to prepare for the next one. A suspension removes all or part of the duty on raw materials, semi-finished goods or components that are not produced in sufficient quantities in the EU.
Anti-dumping and countervailing duties change constantly. A case moves through several stages: investigation, registration of imports, provisional duties, definitive duties and later reviews. Each stage calls for different action from importers. Safeguard measures follow a different path and often take the form of tariff quotas.
During this practical briefing, we will focus on what helps importers manage their duties and pay less. We will:
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explain how autonomous tariff suspensions work and when a company should consider a request;
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look at some stages of trade defence cases and where action by importers can affect the duty they pay;
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explain why everyone who plans or budgets for import duties should follow these developments closely.
The session includes a live demonstration of Smart Taric AI, showing how to check whether a product benefits from a suspension or is subject to a trade defence measure. We will also demonstrate the News agent, which gathers news and sends you a daily update, so you can follow new investigations and duties as they are announced.
🎁 One attendee will be selected to receive 30 days of free access to Smart Taric AI and the News agent.
12 October 2026 | 13:30-14:00 CEST | Online
Speakers
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Enrika Naujoke
Co-founder and director of CustomsClear
Enrika Naujoke is co-founder and director of CustomsClear, a European customs and trade compliance knowledge platform that combines expert knowledge with AI tools to help practitioners make decisions they can defend. She is editor-in-chief of the Customs Compliance & Risk Management journal. Her professional background spans customs brokerage, logistics and manufacturing, and she is a certified customs broker.
View her author's profile here.
Faustas NorvaisaGrowth Marketing Manager at CustomsClear
Faustas Norvaisa is the Growth Marketing Manager at CustomsClear. He focuses on understanding customer needs and improving user experiences in customs and international trade technology. His work connects practitioners’ challenges with technology solutions that make complex compliance processes simpler to navigate.
About 'AI in practice' sessions
Every Monday, we will invite you to a 30-minute update on a selected EU customs-related development, followed by an introduction to how one of our tools - Sanctions AI, Smart Taric AI or Classify AI - can help practitioners in practice: reducing research time, enabling better-informed decisions, and giving you confidence in the decisions you make.
Contact us
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