Tag: Quotas


  • Metal Doubles

    Canada’s surtax on U.S. steel and aluminum jumps from 25 to 50 per cent overnight, iron and steel now accounts for nearly a third of Ottawa’s entire counter-tariff list, and a quota deal that would have halved the rate is back on the table too late to matter. By the Canada Trade Desk | Peacock…

  • Brazil Opens Up

    New zero-duty import quotas take effect in Brasilia as the Gecex trade chamber extends a busy season of selective liberalization, even as steel protection tightens BRASILIA, August 29, 2026 Brazil’s newest import tariff-rate quotas entered into force on August 28, opening a one year window of reduced-duty access for three products under a decision published…

  • Gold Tax Jolt

    India lifts the customs tariff value of gold to a record 1,500 dollars per 10 grams, raising the effective import tax base as bullion prices surge ahead of the festival season NEW DELHI, August 29, 2026 India has sharply raised the benchmark price on which customs duty on imported gold is calculated, lifting the tariff…

  • EU Steel Snarl

    Customs gridlock, cash calls and paralyzed trading mark the first week of Europe’s toughest steel import regime in a generation, as exporters worldwide confront a 50 percent duty wall BRUSSELS, July 7, 2026 One week into the European Union’s sweeping new steel import regime, the machinery built to shield the bloc’s ailing steelmakers is grinding…