[Five countries secure majority of EU's new 1A steel quota]
Under the EU's new steel safeguard measures, Turkey, India, Japan, South Korea, and Ukraine have collectively secured around 2.74 million tonnes per year of duty-free allocations in product category 1A (HRC), representing 53% of the total quota volume. The current duty-free quota for HRC stands at 5.2 million tonnes/year, a 59% reduction from the previous 12.6 million tonnes/year. Turkey saw its quota drop from 1.59 million to 642,000 tonnes/year (down 60%), while Japan's volume rose 24% to 551,500 tonnes/year. Ukraine received 483,500 tonnes/year. The new system also creates supplementary quota pools for FTA and non-FTA countries.