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Priority transport issues for the European steel industry
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Transport plays a central role for the EU steel industry in its competitiveness within and outside of EU borders as it accounts for up to 15% the steel sector’s total costs. A functional single market, with established principles of free movement of goods and services, is a necessary foundation on which the more than 500 steel processing and production sites in 24 steel-producing member states of the EU rely on in their everyday operations.
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The European Steel Association (EUROFER) welcomes the European Commission’s adoption of provisional safeguard measures on imports of Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel (GOES).
Brussels, 16 September 2026 - Europe’s steel industry has welcomed European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s focus on competitiveness, affordable energy and a level playing field, saying these conditions were vital to keep industrial investment and production in Europe.
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