欧盟钢进口免税上限砍至每年1,830万吨 乌克兰钢企掌门人称旨在限制中国的措施殃及乌克兰、吁设豁免
据BBC报道，乌克兰最大钢铁企业之一的首席执行官呼吁欧盟取消对乌克兰产品的进口限制，称乌克兰被「打包」进了旨在遏制中国等国廉价进口的措施之中。
Metinvest首席执行官尤里·雷任科夫对BBC表示，欧盟新近对进口钢征收的关税「不公平」，出台时「完全没有考虑乌克兰所处的处境」。他表示，希望看到欧盟至少为乌克兰进入欧盟市场设一个「豁免」（carve-out）。
欧盟近来实施进口钢限制，以保护成员国钢厂。其政策把可免税进入欧盟的钢量上限设为每年1,830万吨，较2024年水平削减47%。政策中设有部分国别配额，但总体目标是减少可进口的钢量，因成员国企业正艰难应对来自中国、土耳其等国的廉价进口。尽管欧盟与乌克兰之间有自由贸易协定，该协定并不妨碍欧盟另行出台贸易保护措施。
雷任科夫指出俄乌战争称：「乌克兰被打包进了这些措施，完全没有考虑乌克兰所处的处境。」「进入欧洲市场对生存至关重要，」他补充说。「欧盟当局出台的这些限制措施没有帮助。」「我认为，把乌克兰与所有其他向欧盟出口的进口方同等对待，是不公平的。」
欧盟委员会一名发言人表示，欧盟在决定其钢政策时「考虑到了乌克兰的困难处境」。乌克兰钢行业估计，其对欧盟的钢出口最终可能下降约50%至60%。（GSM 据BBC报道）
EU Caps Tax-Free Steel Imports at 18.3 Million Tonnes a Year; Ukrainian Steel Boss Says Measures Aimed at China Are Hitting Ukraine and Seeks a Carve-Out
The boss of one of Ukraine's biggest steel companies has called on the European Union to drop import restrictions on products made in the country, arguing it has been "bundled together" in measures aimed at curbing cheap imports from the likes of China, the BBC reported.
Yuriy Ryzhenkov, chief executive of Metinvest, told the BBC the recently-imposed tariffs on imported steel to the EU were "unfair" and had been put in place "without any consideration for the situation Ukraine is in". He said he wished to see "at least a carve out" for Ukraine to access the EU market.
The trading bloc has recently imposed restrictions on steel imports in an effort to protect steel manufacturers of member nations. It has capped the amount of steel which can enter the EU tax free at 18.3 million tonnes per year – a 47% reduction from 2024 levels. There are some country-specific quotas in the policy, but the overall aim is to cut the amount of steel that can be imported due to member nations struggling to compete with cheap imports from the likes of China and Turkey. Despite a free-trade agreement (FTA) being in place between the EU and Ukraine, the FTA does not stop the EU from introducing separate trade protection measures.
"Ukraine has been bundled together into those measures without any consideration for the situation Ukraine is in," Ryzhenkov said, pointing to the war with Russia. "Access to the European market is crucial for survival," he added. "The restrictive measures that have been put in place by the authorities in the European Union, they don't help. I think it's unfair that Ukraine has been treated in the same way as all of the other importers into the European Union."
A spokesperson for the European Commission said the EU "took into account the difficult situation" of Ukraine when deciding its steel policy. The Ukraine steel industry estimates steel exports to the EU could ultimately fall by about 50–60%. (GSM, via BBC)
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图片来源：图：乌克兰一座钢铁厂。欧盟新近实施的钢进口限制把乌克兰也包括在内，乌克兰钢企呼吁为其设豁免。（供稿图）
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