Separate EU quota for Ukrainian flour gives millers long-term planning certainty

XVII international conference “Doing Agribusiness in Ukraine”. According to him, export-oriented enterprises have already invested about €17 million in modernization, “and now they understand that these investments will have prospects”. Until 2022, flour was exported within the framework of a joint quota with wheat, which made deliveries practically impossible. Only after the opening of trade preferences in 2022 did Ukrainian flour begin to actively enter the EU market, and already in 2023 exports reached 73 thousand tons. “These volumes became an argument in the negotiations: if 73 thousand tons are successfully delivered to the EU, the question of the non-compliance of Ukrainian flour with European quality requirements disappears,” explained the head of the Union. Rybchinsky noted that Ukrainian flour is purchased by Germany, the Czech Republic, Spain and Italy. In total, about 26 thousand tons were ...