COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) NO. 1081/2013 OF 31 OCTOBER 2013 FIXING THE IMPORT DUTIES IN THE CEREAL SECTOR APPLICABLE SINCE 01 NOVEMBER 2013

The Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) no. 1081/2013 establishes the import duties regarding the cereals sector, applicable, obligatory, to all Member States of the European Union.
The importer can benefit of fees reductions in pre-established conditions by the provisions of Art. 2 paragraph 4 of Rule (UE) no. 642/2010 of the Commission form 20 July 2010, namely:
  • EUR 3 /ton, in case that the port of uploading is located in the Mediterranean Sea (beyond the Strait of Gibraltar) or on the Black Sea, and the goods shall arrive on the territory of the Member States of the European Union via the Atlantic Ocean or by the Suez Canal and
  • EUR 2 /ton, if the goods are discharged in Denmark, Estonia, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Finland, Sweden, United Kingdom or on the Atlantic coast of the
    Iberian Peninsula, with the condition that the goods to be transported in the European Union through the Atlantic Ocean.
Also, the import duties shall be reduced with EUR 24 /ton in case of flint corn transportation, reduction subordinated to the transformation of the cereal in one of the products identified under the codes NC 1904 10 10, 1103 13 or 1104 23, in within at most 6 months since the acceptation date of the free circulation release.

Import duties on the products referred to in article 136 paragraph 1 of Regulation (EC) no.1234/2007 applicable from 1st November 2013

  • Durum wheat,
    high quality
  • Code NC:
    1001 19 00
    1001 11 00

  • Import Tax:
    000€/ton
  • Durum wheat,
    medium quality
  • Code NC:
    1001 19 00
    1001 11 00

  • Import Tax:
    000€/ton
  • Durum wheat,
    low quality
  • Code NC:
    1001 19 00
    1001 11 00

  • Import Tax:
    000€/ton
  •  
    Common wheat seed
     
  • Code NC:
    ex 1001 91 20
     

  • Import Tax:
    000€/ton
  • High quality common wheat other than for sowing
  • Code NC:
    ex 1001 99 00
     
  •  
    Import Tax:
    000€/ton
  •  
    RYE
     
  • Code NC:
    1002 10 00
    1002 90 00

  • Import Tax:
    000€/ton
  • Maize seed other than hybrid
  • Code NC:
    1005 10 90
     

  • Import Tax:
    000€/ton
  • Maize other than seed
     
  • Code NC:
    1005 90 00
     
  •  
    Import Tax:
    000€/ton
  • Grain sorghum other than hybrid for sowing
  • Code NC:
    1007 10 90
    1007 90 00

  • Import Tax:
    000€/ton

Factors for calculating the import duties for the products referred to in Article 136 Paragraph 1 from the Regulation (EC) no. 1234/2007 applicable starting 1 November 2013

1. Averages over the reference period referred to in Article 2 Paragraph 2 of Regulation (EU) no.642/2010
  • Common wheat
  • Exchange:
    Mineapolis
  • Quotation:
    213.98
  • FOB Price USA:
    –
  • Gulf of Mexico premium:
    –
  • Great Lakes premium:
    33.08
  • Maize
  • Exchange:
    Chicago
  • Quotation:
    125.65
  • FOB Price USA:
    –
  • Gulf of Mexico premium:
    23.38
  • Great Lakes premium:
    –
  • Durum wheat,
    high quality
  • Exchange:
    –
  • Quotation:
    –
  • FOB Price USA:
    218.68
  • Gulf of Mexico premium:
    –
  • Great Lakes premium:
    –
  • Durum wheat,
    medium quality
  • Exchange:
    –
  • Quotation:
    –
  • FOB Price USA:
    208.68
  • Gulf of Mexico premium:
    –
  • Great Lakes premium:
    –
  • Durum wheat,
    low quality
  • Exchange:
    –
  • Quotation:
    –
  • FOB Price USA:
    188.68
  • Gulf of Mexico premium:
    –
  • Great Lakes premium:
    –

2. Averages over the reference period

  • Freight cost:
    Gulf of Mexico-Rotterdam
  •  1811€/ton
  • Freight cost:
    Great Lakes – Rotterdam
  •  4954€/ton

Published in the Official Journal of the European Union no. L292/7 of 01.11.2013

The Act have entered into force on 1st November 2013

Issued by: the European Commission