Ukraine's Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, Mykola Solsky, predicts a rise in European sugar prices due to restrictions against Ukrainian sugar. This will significantly affect countries that do not produce their own sugar. The European Commission is contemplating trade measures against Ukraine, following calls from Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Hungary for import duties on Ukrainian grain, citing unfair competition. However, a proposal to reintroduce tariff quotas for agricultural products was turned down.