The European Steel Association can be contacted by calling:
Lucia Sali,
Spokesperson and Head of Communications,
Desk: 0032 (0) 2 738 79 35,
Mobile: 0032 (0) 492 97 97 52
Please write to:
Lucia Sali,
Spokesperson and Head of Communications,
l.sali@eurofer.eu
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Strasbourg, 17 December 2025 – The European Commission’s latest proposals on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), unveiled today, correctly identify several loopholes that risk undermining its effectiveness, notably regarding EU exports, downstream sectors and circumvention practices. However, despite these laudable efforts, the measures put forward fail to deliver a comprehensive and durable response to carbon and jobs leakage, warns the European Steel Association (EUROFER).
Brussels, 02 December 2025 – Unchanged negative conditions – U.S. tariffs and trade disruptions, economic and geopolitical tensions, protracted weak demand and still high energy prices – continue to weigh on the European steel market. EUROFER’s latest Economic and Steel Market Outlook confirms for 2025 another recession in both apparent steel consumption (-0.2%, unchanged) and steel-using sectors (-0.5%, revised from -0.7%). A potential recovery is expected only in 2026 for the Steel Weighted Industrial Production index (SWIP) (+1.8%, stable) and for apparent steel consumption (+3%, slightly revised from +3.1%) – although consumption volumes would still remain well below pre-pandemic levels. Steel imports retained historically high shares (27%), while exports plummeted (-9%) in the first eight months of 2025.
Brussels, 27 November 2025 - The European ceramic, aluminium, ferro-alloys and steel industries express their deep concern about the potential impact of the EU-India FTA on strategic European industries if a sector-specific approach is not adopted and our sectors’ challenges are not duly considered.