The EU pronounces a halt to duties on fertilizers: coming into drive quickly | EUROtoday

Updated January 14, 2026, 1:00 pm

The EU Commission “will briefly droop the remaining duties on ammonia, urea and, the place mandatory, another fertilizersA spokesperson introduced this, specifying that “the intention” is to make the measure operational “as quickly as possible, in 2026”.

Brussels will accompany the lower in duties with tips on Cbam – the EU mechanism that imposes a value on the CO2 emissions of imported merchandise – offering for the potential of suspending it on fertilizers – even retroactively from 1 January 2026 – if the influence in the marketplace is extreme.

The intervention welcomes Italy’s requests inside Mercosur.

For the Minister of Agriculture, Francesco Lollobrigidait’s “an achievement of Italy, a concrete measure to support the competitiveness of businesses and the strength of the Italian and European agricultural system”. The suspension of EU duties on fertilizers “is good news and is in line with the Italian requests for the suspension of the effects of the Cbam and the sterilization, even retroactive, of the increase in costs that agricultural businesses would have had to bear with the entry into force of the regulation. We are always on the side of our businesses, a fundamental pillar of our food sovereignty”, concludes Lollobrigida.

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