Trade & Customs Watch

UK CBAM rate-calculation regulations approved by the Commons, the EU CBAM certificate price for Q3 2026 rises to €82.32, the implementation timetable for the recast Union Customs Code, and Kenya’s cutover to privately supplied electronic cargo seals on 26 October.

This week: Kenya’s cargo-tracking seals move to approved private vendors from 26 October, the EU CBAM certificate price for Q3 2026 is set at €82.32, the WCO and Europol renew their joint action plan, and Nigeria Customs brings an automated passenger-baggage declaration into operation at Seme.

The new Union Customs Code published as Regulation (EU) 2026/2108 with a fixed timetable, the Commission’s CBAM verifier resources and de minimis threshold assessment, expanded UK sanctions on Iran in force from 29 September, the Nigeria Customs Service’s integrity perception survey with the WCO, and a pre-feasibility study for the Busia, Malaba and Lwakhakha border posts on the Northern Corridor.

EU customs reform gets final Council approval; AGOA extended to 2028; UK provisional anti-dumping duties on Chinese glass containers and steel measure notices; two HMRC customs consultations close; five years of EU VAT e-commerce rules; WCO on digitalisation and the Middle Corridor.

Viet Nam’s amended Customs Law, UK provisional anti-dumping duty on glass containers from China, the wire rod duty extended to 2031, the UK customs modernisation call for evidence closing and the intermediaries consultation closing on 21 September, the WCO on the Middle Corridor in Kazakhstan, and Operation COLIBRI ZAFIRO.

UK CBAM secondary legislation laid for a January 2027 start; EU verifier guidance; India to leave the DCTS after the UK–India agreement; three UK customs consultations closing; EUCDM 7.0.1; WCO study on origin of remanufactured goods.