EU steel safeguard quotas

Spanish Market: Metals
05/10/26

The latest EU steel safeguard quotas, as of 2 October 2026.

EU flat steel quotas balance					t
Product	Allocation by country	Quota volume*	% of quota filled	Balance of quota left	Pending customs clearing

Hot-rolled sheet and strip	Turkey	160,574	0%	160,574	378,823
	Japan	137,885	0%	137,885	0
	India	149,319	0%	149,319	102,977
	Taiwan	69,731	0%	69,731	0
	Ukraine	120,882	0%	120,882	185
	South Korea	115,458	0%	115,458	3,624
	Vietnam	103,743	0%	103,743	55,408
	Egypt	101,232	0%	101,232	4,885
	Serbia	64,524	0%	64,524	476
	FTA quota - CSQ	120,921	0%	120,921	0
	Brazil	42,513	0%	42,513	20
	United Kingdom	38,481	0%	38,481	24
	Indonesia	31,834	0%	31,834	6,052
	Australia	11,830	0%	11,830	14,802
	Saudi Arabia	9,545	0%	9,545	0
	Switzerland	5,473	0%	5,473	1
	Kazakhstan	2,378	95%	127	139
	North Macedonia	3,532	0%	3,532	53
	Other countries	5,564	0%	5,564	12,090
	FTA Quota – Other countries	4,272	0%	4,272	1,985
Cold-rolled sheet	Taiwan	33,587	0%	33,587	0
	India	67,494	0%	67,494	3,055
	South Korea	63,653	0%	63,653	7,225
	Turkey	60,153	0%	60,153	12,958
	United Kingdom	19,835	0%	19,835	102
	Japan	29,458	0%	29,458	0
	Ukraine	26,549	0%	26,549	545
	FTA quota - CSQ	33,671	0%	33,671	0
	Other countries	24,934	0%	24,934	53,968
	FTA Quota – Other countries	21,284	0%	21,284	8,086
	Egypt	1,295	0%	1,295	0
	Switzerland	746	0%	746	0
	Brazil	3,534	0%	3,534	0
Galvanised coils - 4A	Vietnam	117,497	0%	117,497	8,065
	Taiwan	33,783	0%	33,783	37,589
	Turkey	63,925	0%	63,925	96,084
	India	58,296	0%	58,296	5,695
	South Korea	26,120	0%	26,120	4,501
	FTA quota - CSQ	38,881	0%	38,881	0
	Other countries	33,339	0%	33,339	67,582
	FTA Quota – Other countries	12,761	0%	12,761	5,832
	United Kingdom	11,600	0%	11,600	189
	Japan	2,874	0%	2,874	5,602
	Egypt	2,944	0%	2,944	652
	South Africa	3,150	0%	3,150	3,120
Galvanised coils - 4B	South Korea	110,699	0%	110,699	16,921
	China	45,749	0%	45,749	111,257
	United Kingdom	34,302	0%	34,302	140
	Turkey	26,020	0%	26,020	26,577
	India	25,511	0%	25,511	13,449
	FTA quota - CSQ	19,514	0%	19,514	0
	Other countries	23,175	0%	23,175	15,485
	FTA Quota – Other countries	22,585	0%	22,585	10,331
	Egypt	1,879	0%	1,879	20
	Switzerland	314	0%	314	194
Plate	South Korea	79,918	0%	79,918	9,404
	Indonesia	53,153	0%	53,153	4,489
	India	52,710	0%	52,710	64,454
	Japan	23,294	0%	23,294	12,208
	North Macedonia	20,672	0%	20,672	4,393
	United Kingdom	8,285	0%	8,285	797
	FTA quota - CSQ	22,682	0%	22,682	0
	Other countries	18,830	0%	18,830	27,801
	FTA Quota – Other countries	7,415	0%	7,415	0
	Turkey	7,008	0%	7,008	15,475
	United Kingdom	5,260	0%	5,260	0
Slab †	Russia	2,998,324	12%	2,623,534	249,937
† Sanctions quota for period




EU long steel quotas balance					t
Product	Allocation by country	Quota volume*	% of quota filled	Balance of quota left	Pending customs clearing

Merchant bar	China	39,484	0%	39,484	33,622
	Turkey	60,496	0%	60,496	4,977
	United Kingdom	26,098	0%	26,098	156
	Switzerland	24,360	0%	24,360	285
	South Korea	14,043	0%	14,043	525
	North Macedonia	13,618	0%	13,618	91
	FTA quota - CSQ	14,063	0%	14,063	0
	Other countries	11,810	0%	11,810	2,759
	FTA Quota – Other countries	10,863	0%	10,863	33
	Brazil	3,046	0%	3,046	0
	Egypt	2,553	0%	2,553	2,474
Rebar	Turkey	59,919	0%	59,919	78,088
	Egypt	36,092	0%	36,092	3,001
	Algeria	15,940	0%	15,940	11,454
	Moldova	9,930	0%	9,930	0
	China	5,054	0%	5,054	12
	Ukraine	16,928	0%	16,928	655
	FTA quota - CSQ	39,701	0%	39,701	0
	Other countries	15,831	0%	15,831	29
	FTA Quota – Other countries	9,575	0%	9,575	0
	United Kingdom	2,162	0%	2,162	0
Wire rod	Turkey	61,147	0%	61,147	70,699
	Malaysia	21,671	0%	21,671	0
	United Kingdom	43,850	0%	43,850	993
	Ukraine	47,286	0%	47,286	2,103
	Switzerland	40,549	0%	40,549	3,729
	Vietnam	24,272	0%	24,272	0
	Moldova	23,960	0%	23,960	109
	Egypt	21,679	0%	21,679	9,692
	FTA quota - CSQ	30,720	0%	30,720	0
	Other countries	38,482	0%	38,482	98
	FTA Quota – Other countries	34,610	0%	34,610	0
	South Korea	2,834	0%	2,834	0
	Japan	1,324	0%	1,324	9
Sections	Turkey	13,456	0%	13,456	9,865
	United Kingdom	5,964	0%	5,964	20
	Switzerland	2,591	0%	2,591	6
	United Arab Emirates	1,491	0%	1,491	21
	FTA quota - CSQ	3,032	0%	3,032	0
	Other countries	3,154	0%	3,154	24
	FTA Quota – Other countries	1,074	0%	1,074	4
	South Korea	1,252	0%	1,252	0
	United Kingdom	14,139	0%	14,139	0

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