[SMM Stainless Steel Flash] Italian Steel Prices Set to Rise in Summer on New EU Safeguard Measures

Published: Jun 11, 2026 13:34

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Italy's steel market faces persistent downstream weakness, but the EU's new safeguard measures taking effect July 1, featuring significantly tighter import quotas and doubled out-of-quota duties, compounded by CBAM and antidumping constraints, are expected to sharply curtail non-EU procurement options, strengthen EU mills' bargaining power, and drive a price rebound during summer as inventories draw down. In the stainless steel segment, service center volumes collapsed 15–20% MoM in May as artificial price supports faded, with Assofermet seeing no near-term recovery signals.

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