Quotas for pork supplies from the EU are exhausted by 91%

Published 2020년 11월 6일

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In the first ten months of 2020, Ukraine imported 18,180 tons of pork from the European Union, which is 91% of the annual export quotas for EU suppliers, according to the State Customs Service of Ukraine. Due to the Free Trade Agreement between Ukraine and the EU, imports of fresh, chilled, and frozen pork within 20,000 tons are not subject to import duties. The quotas are expected to be exhausted by the end of November, and after that, non-listed chilled products will become 12% more expensive, and frozen pork 10% more expensive. The majority of the pork imported was from Denmark and Poland, accounting for nearly 53% of the total imports.

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According to the State Customs Service of Ukraine, in 10 months of 2020, Ukraine received 18.18 thousand tons of pork from EU countries. This is 91% of the annual export quotas for pork for suppliers from the European Union, said Oleksandra Bondarska, head of the analytical Association of Pig Farmers of Ukraine. "Under the Free Trade Agreement between Ukraine and the EU, supplies of fresh, chilled and frozen pork (UKT FEA 0203) within 20 thousand tons are not subject to import duties. Thus, by the end of the year, domestic importers will be able to buy another 1.82 thousand tons of pork without paying duties. Given the dynamics of imports in recent months, market operators believe that quotas on pork supplies from the EU will be exhausted by the end of November. At the same time, it should be noted that at the "zero" rate of import duty it is possible to import not the whole range, but only individual subheadings: according to the terms of the Agreement, half of the quota volumes ...

Source: Pigua