Ukraine and the EU will significantly revise the list of dairy products subject to quotas

Published 2025년 7월 1일

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Ukraine is negotiating an increase in tariff quotas with the EU, in particular for dairy products. This was reported by Deputy Minister of Economy and Trade Representative of Ukraine Taras Kachka in a blog on AgroTimes. “Ukraine has three basic dairy products that are subject to quotas: condensed milk, powdered milk, butter. Another one —

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hard cheese — is not subject to it. For other products, partial quotas are in effect — as many as six tariff quotas. But I think that we will significantly revise both the list of products subject to quotas in the dairy sector and the availability of these quotas in general,” he believes. Taras Kachka noted that during the period of autonomous trade preferences, 15 thousand tons of powdered milk were sent for export to the European Union. Part of this product was redirected from Asian markets due to problems with logistics, however, in his opinion, this volume will remain in the European Union. “For condensed milk, the tariff quota is much larger than our exports. Before the war, we sold 3 thousand+ tons to the EU for a quota of 10 thousand tons. There was also a phenomenal story with butter. We exported duty-free during 2022-2025 within the quota (3 thousand tons) – about 1.5 thousand tons. And this year, especially in May, we sold a very large amount of butter. But whether this ...

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