EU Launches Provisional Safeguard Measures on Certain Electrical Steel Products
The EU has launched provisional safeguard measures on certain grain-oriented silicon steel and related electrical steel products, effective September 25, 2026, for 155 calendar days.
What are the key facts?
- 1The EU launched provisional safeguard measures on certain electrical steel imports
- 2The measures take effect on September 25, 2026
- 3The provisional measures last 155 calendar days
- 4Imports from certain countries are excluded
What happened?
On September 18, 2026, the European Commission adopted an implementing regulation launching provisional safeguard measures on certain categories of grain-oriented silicon steel and related electrical steel products, including customs codes 7225 11 00, 7226 11 00, and 8504 90 13. The measures take effect on September 25, 2026, for 155 calendar days. Certain imports from Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Kenya, and Ukraine are listed as excluded from the measures. Where the relevant goods are also subject to existing anti-dumping duties, the regulation provides that the lesser anti-dumping duty will no longer be collected during the application period of the provisional safeguard measures. The change mainly affects B2B and professional-category sellers of transformer parts, electrical equipment, industrial materials, and components for photovoltaic or power systems. Sellers should recheck the country of origin, CN codes, quotas, and scope of application, and coordinate updates with logistics providers, customs brokers, and platform tax systems to avoid undervaluation in declarations, customs delays, additional tax assessments, or buyer refusals.
What does this mean for cross-border sellers?
The EU has introduced provisional safeguard measures on certain grain-oriented silicon steel and related electrical steel products under customs codes including 7225 11 00, 7226 11 00, and 8504 90 13, effective September 25, 2026, for 155 calendar days. Sellers of transformer parts, electrical equipment, and power-system components should align code, origin, quota, and tax-system checks to avoid customs delays, additional taxes, or buyer refusals.
What should sellers do now?
- 1This week, filter EU-bound SKUs for transformer parts, electrical equipment, industrial materials, and power-system components, verify codes including 7225 11 00, 7226 11 00, and 8504 90 13 item by item, and create an applicability list.HS duty estimate
- 2This week, establish an origin-verification table for EU listings involving electrical steel, specifically flag products sourced from Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Kenya, and Ukraine, and retain supplier documents and review results.
- 3This week, send affected SKUs and declaration data to logistics providers, customs brokers, and the platform tax-system owner, confirm that system updates will be completed before September 25, 2026, and obtain acknowledgments for code, quota, and tax settings.
- 4This week, recalculate declared values and landed costs for affected EU orders, review records for the application of existing anti-dumping duties and provisional safeguard measures, and produce a per-SKU review table covering prices, taxes, and customs-clearance risks.