On December 19th, 2024, the European Commission announced that it initialized a safeguard investigation on imports of certain manganese and silicon based alloying elements.

It was a request from some Member States, and the analysis of the information provided showed that there is sufficient evidence that the trend in imports of certain silicon and manganese based alloying elements and the conditions in which they take place appear to call for safeguard measures. The products involved under CN (Combined Nomenclature)/HS code are 2804 69, 7202 11, 7202 19, 7202 21, 7202 29, 7202 30, 7202 99 30 ex 7202 99 80 and ex 2850 00 60.

The final determination will be made within 9 months. In order to collect information for investigation, the Commission will publish questionnaires online, and the interested parties should submit the questionnaires within 21 days from the date of publication of the notice.