The European Union plans to reduce quotas for Ukrainian agricultural products, which will mostly affect corn, honey, sugar and poultry.

Starting from June 6, 2025, the European Union will significantly increase import duties on Ukrainian agricultural products and end special trade privileges that allowed the EU to import most Ukrainian goods duty-free, the Financial Times reports. This decision was made under pressure from Poland and France, where farmers complained about lower prices due to Ukrainian imports. Although the EU and Ukraine have a free trade agreement, special measures were introduced after the Russian invasion in 2022, which will end on June 6 and be replaced by “transitional measures” until the parties renew the general agreement. However, these measures will significantly reduce duty-free quotas for agricultural products, in particular for corn - from 4.7 million tons to 650 thousand tons per year, for poultry - from 57.1 to 40 thousand tons, and sugar - from 109 to 40.7 thousand tons. The European Commission has confirmed that the post-war arrangements will not be extended, and work is ...