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EU customs and trade news: April 2025

April 13, 2025
EU customs and trade news: April 2025

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News in week 15: US suspended country-specific tariff rates for 90 days; Commission proposal to impose trade countermeasures against US; WTO - what is the real impact of tariffs; relief from import duties and VAT exemption on certain goods in connection with Russia's war in Ukraine; anti-dumping measures on imports of monosodium glutamate; provisional anti-dumping duty on certain flat-rolled products of iron, non-alloy steel or other alloy steel; guidance document on the application of PEM rules in 2025; new rules for safer toys - importers will have to submit digital product passports at the EU borders; EU customs data model 7.0 released; WTO marked its 30th anniversary; and more updates.

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