The European Commission recently published Commission Regulation (EC) No 518/2009 amending Regulation 503/2009 fixing the import duties in the cereals sector. The Regulation came into force on 16 June 2009.
The table below (Annex I) shows the import duties on the products referred to in Article 136(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007
CN Code
Description
Import Duties (EUR/t)
1001 10 00
Durum wheat, High Quality Medium Quality Low Quality
0 0 0
1001 90 91
Common wheat seed
0
Ex 1001 90 99
High Quality common wheat other than for sowing
0
1002 00 00
Rye
45.92
1005 10 90
Maize seed other than hybrid
12.22
1005 90 00
Maize other than seed
12.22
1007 00 90
Grain sorghum other than hybrids for sowing
45.92
It is important to note that importers whose goods arrive in the EC via the Atlantic Ocean or via the Suez Canal may benefit, under Article 2(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 from a reduction in the duty of:
3 EUR/t where the port of unloading is on the Mediterranean Sea or
2 EUR/t where the port of unloading is in Denmark, Estonia, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Finland, Sweden, the UK or the Atlantic Coast of the Iberian Peninsular.
It is also important to note that importers of Maize other than seed (CN 1005 90 00) may also benefit from a flat-rate reduction of EUR 24 per tonne where the conditions laid down in Article 2(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 are met
The table below (Annex II) shows the factors for calculating the duties laid down in the table above (Annex I)
Averages over the reference period referred to in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 (EUR/t)
Common Wheat
Maize
Durum Wheat High Quality
Durum Wheat Medium Quality
Durum Wheat Low Quality
Barley
Exchange
Minneapolis
Chicago
-
-
-
-
Quotation
209.13
114.96
-
-
-
-
FOB price USA
-
-
211.11
201.11
181.11
9817
Gulf of Mexico premium
-
14.66
-
-
-
-
Great Lakes premium
8.93
-
-
-
-
-
The Average Freight Costs over the reference period referred to in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1249/96 were:
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