Agricultural lobby secures key carbon border tax exemption for synthetic nitrogen fertiliser
A late-night legislative concession shields domestic agribusiness from tariffs, drawing fierce pushback from climate policy architects.
In a significant concession to farming federations, parliamentary committees agreed on Thursday to temporarily exempt synthetic ammonia imports from the incoming Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism.
The carve-out, negotiated behind closed doors during final reconciliation talks, was defended as an essential food security buffer against high natural gas feedstocks.
Environmental think tanks criticised the decision, pointing out that domestic green ammonia producers had already invested over €800 million on the promise of level import tariffs.
The full assembly will vote on the modified statutory instrument early next week.
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