Tariffs are introduced on egg and sugar imports from Ukraine to the EU

The European Commission has announced that imports of sugar and eggs from Ukraine will no longer be exempt from duties and quotas. Specifically, as of today, Tuesday, July 2, 2024, tariff quotas are reintroduced for egg and sugar imports from Ukraine to the EU. The influx of cheap Ukrainian products, especially in neighboring EU countries (Romania, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Bulgaria) and the dynamic mobilizations of European farmers, led the EU to activate an "emergency brake" on imports. The Revised Trade Measures (ATM), applicable from 6 June 2024, include seven agricultural products (poultry, eggs, sugar, oats, maize, cereals and honey) to be triggered automatically if the volume of imports reaches the average annual imports recorded between 1 July 2021 and 31 December 2023. Oats were the first product for which the measure was activated on 18 June. For eggs and sugar, the average is 23,188 tonnes and 262,652 tonnes respectively. Article 4 of Regulation 2024/1392 states ...