Agri-Business
European fertiliser prices are likely to rise with the introduction of the EU’s CBAM according to a new report.
MEPs have warned that a new EU tax on fertiliser imports could "hit Irish farmers hard" as they...
The Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) has added its voice to the calls for a new tax on fertiliser imports to be postponed.
Representatives of the fertiliser industry have called for the government to make "urgent" representation for the postponement of the CBAM.
EU member states have formally adopted controversial changes to a tax on carbon intensive imports into the EU, which will include fertiliser.
ICOS has written to the Minister Martin Heydon to express "serious concern" about the inclusion of fertiliser in the EU’s CBAM.
A new EU tax related to GHG emissions coming from imported fertiliser will be amended to exempt import volumes less than 50t/year.
Environment
The EU’s CBAM places a carbon tax on certain imported goods when production is 'carbon intensive' and at risk of 'of carbon leakage'
