EU imposes definitive anti-dumping duties on 1,4-Butanediol from China, Saudi Arabia and the USA
Customs authorities must apply definitive anti-dumping duties to 1,4-Butanediol imports from China, Saudi Arabia and the USA
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EU opens steel tariff quotas and sets 50% out-of-quota duty from 1 July 2026
EU steel importers and customs face a 50% out-of-quota duty on listed steel once tariff quotas are exhausted, from 1 July 2026
EU extends France's creosote-treated wood market restriction to 7 June 2028
French manufacturers and distributors cannot place the restricted creosote-treated wood on the French market until 7 June 2028
European Commission amends protein requirements for hydrolysed infant and follow-on formula
Formula manufacturers using the new hydrolysate must meet EU Group F composition and processing rules to market it
EU maintains anti-dumping duties on glass fibre fabrics from China and Egypt
Importers of glass fibre fabrics from China or Egypt must keep applying EU anti-dumping duties of up to 69% and 33.1%, including on Morocco- and Türkiye-routed consignments
European Commission adopts resistance-to-fire performance classes
Construction-product manufacturers must use the Annex classes when declaring resistance-to-fire performance under Regulation (EU) 2024/3110 from 23 June 2026 — declarations not using these classes will not conform.
European Commission amends vehicle OBD and repair-information access rules (Delegated Regulation 2026/699)
Vehicle manufacturers must implement the Appendix X procedures for secure, standardised OBD and RMI access (authentication, pseudonymised traceability, API provision, server availability and cybersecurity checks) so independent operators obtain non‑discriminatory, machine‑readable diagnostic and repair data
EU narrows REACH microplastics solid-matrix derogation and widens medicinal and research exemptions
EU restricts microplastics solid-matrix exemption to end uses lasting a year or longer from 22 June 2028
EU sets 7 July 2026 type-approval deadlines for driver-distraction warning and EV electric-safety on small-series and special-purpose vehicles
Small-series and special-purpose vehicle makers face fixed EU type-approval and registration deadlines from 7 July 2026
DGFT widens SEZ QCO/BIS import exemption to all authorised-operation goods but ties DTA clearance to full QCO compliance
DGFT extends SEZ QCO/BIS exemption to all authorised-operation imports, conditioning DTA clearance on full QCO compliance
Central Government exempts customs duties on cotton imports 1 Jun–31 Oct 2026
Textile and apparel import procurement and customs teams must apply zero customs duty to cotton imports landed between 1 June and 31 October 2026 — the exemption is time-limited and lapses automatically.
DGFT revises Standard Input Output Norms for six Chemical and Allied Products SIONs with immediate effect
Exporters of caustic soda, gelatine, ossein, and chlorinated paraffin variants holding or applying for Advance Authorisations must use the revised SION input ratios from 29 May 2026 — applying old ratios creates duty recovery exposure.