Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/65 maintains definitive anti-dumping duties on urea ammonium nitrate solutions, following the expiry of the review under Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036
January 6th, 2026 – The EU has adopted a new Implementing Regulation that imposes definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) solutions (a liquid nitrogen fertilizer) originating from Russia, Trinidad and Tobago, and the US. These duties are maintained following an expiry review initiated in October 2024, after the original measures, first established in 2019, approached the end of their five-year term. The review was requested by Fertilizers Europe, on behalf of the EU UAN industry, on the grounds that expiry of the measures would most likely result in continued dumping of the fertilizer in EU markets, with the consequent damage to EU producers.
These duties, therefore, will continue to affect importers and customs declarants bringing UAN solutions in the EU from the three named countries. These duties are set per tonne at the exporter level for known producers, with a residual rate applying to all other imports from each country. The specific rates are as follows:
- Russia*:
- 22.77€/tonne (Azot and Nevinnomyssky Azot)
- 42.47€/tonne (PJSC Acron and all other Russian imports)
- Trinidad and Tobago:
- 22.24€/tonne (Methanol Holdings Limited and all other TT imports)
- United States:
- 29,48€/tonne (CF Industries Holdings and all other US imports)
(*) Application of the individual Russian duty rates requires presentation of a valid comercial invoice with a signed declaration by the exporting entity.
Additional notes:
UAN is a major liquid nitrogen fertiliser employed primarily in arable farming across Western and Central Europe, with France accounting for about 52% of EU consumption. The EU market is the world’s second largest for UAN, and the three countries subject to these measures held a combined market share of around 42.8% during the review investigation period.
This review found that dumping continued throughout the investigation period across all three countries, whose margins ranged from 16.7% for Russia, to 52.7% for the United States, resulting in an estimated 45% fall in sales volumes for EU producers, shifting from a 9.4% profitability margin to a 7.7% loss, with a subsequent reduction in capacity utilisation of about 28%.
Russian producers did not cooperate with the investigation, thus, the findings for Russia were based on availible data.
