Molasses import tariffs
- Tariffs & quotas
Summary
The European Union (EU) has set cost, insurance, and freight (CIF) representative prices and import duties for cane and beet molasses for 1 October 2025–30 September 2026 (2025 marketing year).
EU sets molasses representative prices and import duties for 2025 marketing year
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2008 of 30 September 2025 fixing the representative prices, import duties and additional import duties applicable to molasses in the sugar sector from 1 October 2025
Update
The European Union (EU) has set cost, insurance, and freight (CIF) representative prices and import duties for cane and beet molasses for 1 October 2025–30 September 2026 (2025 marketing year).
Impacted Products
Molasses
What is changing?
The European Commission has set the representative price (the CIF import price) of molasses for the period of 1 October 2025–30 September 2026 (2025 marketing year) at:
- €19.57 per 100 kg for molasses from sugar cane (CN code 1703 10 00)
- €16.19 per 100 kg for molasses from sugar beet (CN code 1703 90 00).
The import duty for these products for the 2025 marketing year is zero. This continues the zero duty that was set for the 1 October 2024–30 September 2025 period.
Timeline
The duty set out in this Regulation applies from 1 October 2025.
Background
Regulation 2023/2834 sets a ‘representative price’ for imported molasses covered by CN codes 1703 10 10 (sugar cane molasses) and 1703 90 00 (sugar beet molasses). This is the cost, insurance, and freight (CIF) price based on world market prices (Art. 25). These are fixed for each marketing year (from 1 October to 30 September of the following year) and can be amended by the European Commission. Where this representative price plus the molasses import duty exceeds €8.21 per 100 kg, as is the case for the 2025 marketing year, import duties are suspended or reduced (Art. 8, Regulation 2023/2835).
Resources
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2834 as regards imports in the sectors of rice, cereals, sugar and hops
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2835 as regards rules on import in the sectors of rice, cereals, sugar and hops
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products
Sources
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2008 fixing the representative prices, import duties and additional import duties applicable to molasses in the sugar sector from 1 October 2025
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EU sets molasses representative prices and import duties for 2025 marketing year
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2008 fixing the representative prices, import duties and additional import duties applicable to molasses in the sugar sector from 1 October 2025
What is changing and why?
The European Commission has set the cost, insurance, and freight (CIF) representative prices and import duties of molasses for 1 October 2025–30 September 2026 at:
- €19.57 per 100 kg for molasses falling under CN code 1703 10 00 (from sugar cane)
- €16.19 per 100 kg for molasses falling under CN code 1703 90 00 (from sugar beet).
The import duty for these products for 1 October 2025–30 September 2026 year is zero. This continues the zero duty that was set in the previous period (1 October 2024–30 September 2025).
Timeline
The duty set out in this Regulation applies from 1 October 2025.
Disclaimer: Under no circumstances shall COLEAD be liable for any loss, damage, liability or expense incurred or suffered that is claimed to have resulted from the use of information available on this website or any link to external sites. The use of the website is at the user’s sole risk and responsibility. This information platform was created and maintained with the financial support of the European Union. Its contents do not, however, reflect the views of the European Union.