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EU tariffs on US grains to hit livestock sector, industry group says
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on March 12, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on March 12, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
EU tariffs on US grains could harm the European livestock sector, which depends on imports for feed. FEFAC suggests negotiations to avoid tariffs.
PARIS (Reuters) - European Union tariffs on U.S. grains, as part of the bloc's riposte to Washington's levies on steel and aluminium, would hurt a European livestock sector reliant on imports for animal feed, industry association FEFAC said on Wednesday.
A large EU trade surplus with the United States in agriculture is a common complaint for U.S. President Donald Trump, though the United States is the EU's biggest supplier of soybeans and a major supplier of corn.
The European Commission earlier announced plans to impose extra duties on up to 26 billion euros ($28 billion) of U.S. imports.
That would involve reintroducing from April 1 tariffs on goods like corn that were suspended after a previous trade battle during Trump's first term, and imposing duties from April 13 on products from a new list that includes soybeans.
Such tariffs would "adversely affect resilience and competitiveness of EU livestock production systems," FEFAC President Pedro Cordero said in a statement.
FEFAC, which represents manufacturers of livestock feed, said feed grains could support a negotiated settlement between the EU and the U.S. avoiding tariffs.
Given its reliance on foreign feed commodities, EU imports from the U.S. "can easily be doubled from current 4 billion euros to 8 billion euros, thus reducing the current U.S. agricultural trade deficit with the EU," Cordero said.
The currently suspended tariff on U.S. corn is 25%, which could price U.S. corn out of major European importing countries like Spain.
Chicago corn and soybean futures were lower on Wednesday, with traders saying the EU counter-measures were adding to concern that U.S. farm exports may be hurt by Trump's tariff policies. [GRA/]
(Reporting by Gus Trompiz; Editing by Mark Potter)
The article discusses EU tariffs on US grains and their impact on the European livestock sector.
The tariffs could increase costs for animal feed, affecting the competitiveness of the EU livestock sector.
FEFAC suggests that a negotiated settlement could avoid tariffs and benefit both the EU and US.
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