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The EU–Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement has been provisionally applied since 1 May 2026. Poland's action for annulment before the EU Court of Justice (Case C-460/26) is pending. Savings shown are estimates. Official Journal notice

HS 7210 · Iron and steel

Coated flat steel

Data last updated 18 October 2026 · schedule data 2026.10.2

In short

The EU charges no duty on Mercosur coated flat steel, with or without the agreement; Brazil's duty on EU coated flat steel is up to 11.2% today and reaches zero by 2041 (on most lines by 2036, 2 of 17 lines are excluded).

Rates at a glance

Into the EU from Mercosur

15 tariff lines

Preferential duty 2026

0%

Duty-free on all phased lines by

No phase-out

Agreement base rate

0%

Applied MFN rate today

0%

Into Brazil from the EU

17 tariff lines

Preferential duty 2026

0–25%

Duty-free on all phased lines by

2041

Agreement base rate

2–12%

Applied MFN rate today

0–25%

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About this product

Galvanised and other coated flat steel already enters the EU duty-free. Mercosur's duties on European coated steel fall to zero, mostly over a long schedule, with a couple of lines excluded. Trade defence measures sit outside the agreement's tariff cuts.

How the duty falls, year by year

Highest and lowest ad valorem duty each year over the lines on a path to zero. Excluded and quota-only lines keep their duty and aren't included.

Highest preferential ad valorem duty by year, 7210EU → Mercosur: 11.2% in 2026 to 0% in 2041. The table below has the same figures.0%7.5%15%20262028203020322034203620382040
EU → Mercosur

Into the EU from Mercosur

Nothing to phase out in this direction: every line is already duty-free, excluded or only covered by a quota.

Into Brazil from the EU

Into Brazil from the EU
YearAd valorem dutyLines duty-free
20260–11.2%1 / 17
20270–10.5%1 / 17
20280–9.7%1 / 17
20290–9%1 / 17
20300–8.2%1 / 17
20310–7.5%1 / 17
20320–6.7%1 / 17
20330–6%1 / 17
20340–5.2%1 / 17
20350–4.5%1 / 17
20360–3.7%14 / 17
20370–3%14 / 17
20380–2.2%14 / 17
20390–1.5%14 / 17
20400–0.7%14 / 17
20410%15 / 17

Lines by staging category

The staging category sets the speed of the cut: 0 is duty-free from entry into force, 4 to 15 are the years to zero, E is excluded and letter codes are quotas or special treatments.

Mercosur → EU

  • 0× 15

EU → Mercosur

  • 10× 13
  • E× 2
  • 4× 1
  • 15× 1

Tariff-rate quotas

No tariff-rate quota applies to this heading.

Rates in each Mercosur country

Each member has its own base rate and applied MFN rate. The preference is cut from the base rate, or from the applied rate where that's lower (Art. 2.4(7) of the agreement), so the current rate can differ by country.

Rates in each Mercosur country
CountryBase rateApplied MFNPreferential 2026Zero byApplied-rate source
Brazil2–12%0–25%0–25%2041Brazil applied import duty, Res. Gecex 272/2021 Annexes II, V, VI, IX (MDIC), as of 5 October 2026
Argentina2–12%0–10.8%0–10.8%2041Argentina applied import duty (DIE), ARCA Arancel Integrado, as of 18 October 2026
Uruguay0–12%0–10.8%3 lines have no single published rate0–12%2041Uruguay applied import duty (Arancel Nacional, MEF), as of 10 February 2025Manual snapshotOlder than 180 days
Paraguay0–12%0–10.8%1 line has no single published rate0–10.9%2041Paraguay applied import duty (Arancel Nacional Vigente, MEF), as of 4 November 2025Manual snapshotOlder than 180 days

All tariff lines

Line descriptions are the English text of the schedules (CN 2013 for the EU, NCM 2012 for Mercosur).

Into the EU from Mercosur: 15 lines
Into the EU from Mercosur
CodeDescriptionStagingBaseApplied MFN2026Final
7210 11 00Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of ≥ 600 mm, hot-rolled or cold-rolled "cold-reduced", tinned, of a thickness of ≥ 0,5mm0FreeFreeFreeFree
7210 12 20Tinplate of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of ≥ 600 mmand of a thickness of < 0,5 mm, tinned [coated with a layer of metal containing, by weight, ≥ 97 %of tin], not further worked than surface-treated0FreeFreeFreeFree
7210 12 80Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of ≥ 600 mm, hot-rolled or cold-rolled "cold-reduced", plated or coated with tin, of a thickness of < 0,5mm (excl. tinplate)0FreeFreeFreeFree
7210 20 00Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of ≥ 600 mm, hot-rolled or cold-rolled "cold-reduced", plated or coated with lead, incl. terne-plate0FreeFreeFreeFree
7210 30 00Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of ≥ 600 mm, hot-rolled or cold-rolled "cold-reduced", electrolytically plated or coated with zinc0FreeFreeFreeFree
7210 41 00Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of ≥ 600 mm, hot-rolled or cold-rolled "cold-reduced", corrugated, plated or coated with zinc (excl. electrolytically plated or coated with zinc)0FreeFreeFreeFree
7210 49 00Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of ≥ 600 mm, hot-rolled or cold-rolled "cold-reduced", not corrugated, plated or coated with zinc (excl. electrolytically plated or coated with zinc)0FreeFreeFreeFree
7210 50 00Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of ≥ 600 mm, hot-rolled or cold-rolled "cold-reduced", plated or coated with chromium oxides or with chromium and chromium oxides0FreeFreeFreeFree
7210 61 00Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of ≥ 600 mm, hot-rolled or cold-rolled "cold-reduced", plated or coated with aluminium-zinc alloys0FreeFreeFreeFree
7210 69 00Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of ≥ 600 mm, hot-rolled or cold-rolled "cold-reduced", plated or coated with aluminium (excl. products plated or coated with aluminium-zinc alloys)0FreeFreeFreeFree
7210 70 10Tinplate of a width of ≥ 600 mmand of a thickness of < 0,5 mm, tinned [coated with a layer of metal containing, by weight, ≥ 97 %of tin], not further worked than varnished, and flat products plated or coated with chromium oxides or with chromium and chromium oxides, of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of ≥ 600 mm, hot-rolled or cold-rolled "cold-reduced", varnished0FreeFreeFreeFree
7210 70 80Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of ≥ 600 mm, hot-rolled or cold-rolled "cold-reduced", painted, varnished or plastic coated (excl. tinplate and products electrolytically plated or coated with chrome, varnished)0FreeFreeFreeFree
7210 90 30Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of ≥ 600 mm, hot-rolled or cold-rolled "cold-reduced", clad0FreeFreeFreeFree
7210 90 40Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, tinned and printed, of a width of ≥ 600 mm, hot-rolled or cold-rolled "cold-reduced"0FreeFreeFreeFree
7210 90 80Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, hot-rolled or cold-rolled "cold-reduced", of a width of ≥ 600 mm, plated or coated (excl. plated or coated with thin, lead "incl. terne-plate", zinc, aluminium, chromium, chromium oxides, plastics, platinum, painted or varnished, clad and tinned and printed)0FreeFreeFreeFree
Into Brazil from the EU: 17 lines
Into Brazil from the EU
CodeDescriptionStagingBaseApplied MFN2026Final
7210 11 00Flat-rolled products of non-alloy iron or steel, width ≥ 6 dm, thickness ≥ 0,5mm1012%10.8%9.8%Freefrom 2036
7210 12 00Flat-rolled products of non-alloy iron or steel, width ≥ 6 dm, thickness < 0,5mm1012%10.8%9.8%Freefrom 2036
7210 20 00Flat-rolled products of non-alloy iron or steel, width ≥ 6 dm, etc., including lead-tin alloy1012%10.8%9.8%Freefrom 2036
7210 30 10Flat-rolled products of non-alloy iron or steel, width ≥ 6 dm, electrolytically galvanized thickness < 4,75mm1012%10.8%9.8%Freefrom 2036
7210 30 90Flat-rolled products of non-alloy iron or steel, width ≥ 6 dm, electrolytically galvanized1012%10.8%9.8%Freefrom 2036
7210 41 10Flat-rolled products of non-alloy iron or steel, width ≥ 6 dm, galvanized by other processes, wavy, thickness < 4,7mmE12%10.8%10.8%10.8%
7210 41 90Other flat-rolled products of non-alloy iron or steel, width ≥ 6 dm, galvanized by other processes, corrugated1012%10.8%9.8%Freefrom 2036
7210 49 10Flat-rolled products of non-alloy iron or steel, width ≥ 6 dm, galvanized by other processes, thickness < 4,75mmE12%25%25%25%
7210 49 90Other flat-rolled products of non-alloy iron or steel, width ≥ 6 dm, galvanized by other processes1012%10.8%9.8%Freefrom 2036
7210 50 00Flat-rolled products of non-alloy iron or steel, coated with chrome oxides/chrome1012%10.8%9.8%Freefrom 2036
7210 61 00Flat-rolled products of non-alloy iron or steel, width ≥ 6 dm, coated with aluminium-zinc1512%25%11.2%Freefrom 2041
7210 69 11Other flat-rolled products of non-alloy iron or steel, coated with aluminium/silicon, width ≥ 120 g/m 242%FreeFreeFreefrom 2030
7210 69 19Other flat-rolled products of non-alloy iron or steel, coated with aluminium silicon1012%10.8%9.8%Freefrom 2036
7210 69 90Other flat-rolled products of non-alloy iron or steel1012%10.8%9.8%Freefrom 2036
7210 70 10Flat-rolled products of non-alloy iron or steel, width ≥ 6 dm, painted or varnished1012%10.8%9.8%Freefrom 2036
7210 70 20Flat-rolled products of non-alloy iron or steel, width ≥ 6 dm, coated with plastic1012%10.8%9.8%Freefrom 2036
7210 90 00Other flat-rolled products of non-alloy iron or steel, width ≥ 6 dm, clad/plated/coated1012%25%10.9%Freefrom 2036

Related products

All headings in chapter 72: Iron and steel

Data and method

Worked out with the calculator's engine from the agreement schedules (Annex 2-A) and the applied-rate files, for agreement year 2026. Mercosur → EU figures assume Brazilian origin, which only matters for the few origin-specific quotas; EU → Mercosur figures are for Brazil unless the country table says otherwise.

Methodology and data sources

Estimates only, not legal or customs advice. Check the official schedules before relying on a rate.