Pakistan, June 21 -- The European Commission has officially suspended Pakistan's GSP+ status for ethanol imports, following concerns raised by six EU member states that Pakistani exports had distorted the European ethanol market since 2022. The suspension came into effect on June 20, 2025, under Article 30 of the GSP Regulation.
The complaint was submitted in May 2024 by France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Hungary, and Poland, who argued that Pakistan's industrial-grade ethanol exports surged to disruptive levels. However, fuel-grade ethanol remains exempt from the measure due to separate EU sustainability standards that Pakistan has not met.
Granted in 2014, Pakistan's GSP+ status allowed duty-free or reduced-tariff access to the EU for var...
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