Due to exceeding quotas, the EU returned duties on Ukrainian oats

Due to exceeding quotas, the European Union returned duties on oats. This is stated in the message of the Directorate General of the European Commission for Agriculture and Rural Development. “From June 19, 2024 to June 5, 2025, the import of Ukrainian oats into the EU will occur within the framework of the tariff quota from the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA), in force since 2016 between the two parties. The automatic reinstatement of this tariff quota is a result of the revision of the Autonomous Trade Measures (ATM) effective from June 6, 2024. The ATM regulation includes an emergency brake on several products, including oats (automatically triggered if import volumes reach the annual average import volume recorded between 1 July 2021 and 31 December 2023. For oats, this average is 2440 tonnes. Once reached of this volume, the Commission will re-introduce the corresponding tariff quota with the DCFTA within 14 days,” the statement says. According to the report, ...