#32026R1187EU updates molasses import prices and duties from 1 June 2026
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This regulation sets the representative import prices, import duties and any additional duties for molasses used in the EU sugar sector from 1 June 2026. It mainly affects molasses importers, sugar-sector businesses and customs teams. They need to apply the updated price and duty figures when declaring imports under the relevant molasses customs codes.
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Key Changes
- Sets updated representative import prices for cane and beet molasses.
- Fixes the import duties that apply to the covered molasses customs codes from 1 June 2026.
- Updates any additional import duties linked to the gap between trigger prices and representative prices.
Obligations
What this law requires
Apply the representative CIF import prices fixed by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1187 for molasses imports falling under CN codes 1703 10 00 and 1703 90 00 from 1 June 2026.
Use the import duties fixed under Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1187 when declaring imports of cane molasses under CN code 1703 10 00 and beet molasses under CN code 1703 90 00.
Where applicable, include the additional import duties fixed under Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1187 for molasses imports when the trigger-price mechanism applies.
Adjust CIF import prices for molasses that does not correspond to the standard quality before applying the representative price framework, in accordance with the quality-adjustment rules referenced in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2834.