The Council of the European Union (EU) on June 28 approved the increased volumes for temporary autonomous trade measures for imports of Ukrainian agricultural products and food.
According to a report of the Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry of Ukraine on Thursday, the official decision will be published on the website of the European Parliament and will take effect in autumn 2017.
The honey quota will be increased by 2,500 tonnes, preserved tomatoes by 3,000 tonnes, grape juice by 500 tonnes, oats 4,000 tonnes, wheat 65,000 tonnes, maize 625,000 tonnes, barley 325,000 tonnes, groats and pellets of certain cereals 7,800 tonnes.
“We are thankful to Europe for support. We hope for further active cooperation in this direction,” Deputy Agricultural Policy and Food Minister for European Integration Olha Trofimtseva said.
According to the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement, Ukraine can supply 36 goods to the EU without tariffs within the limits of the approved volumes of tariff quotas. In particular, the quotas for beef supplies amount to 12,000 tonnes, pork – 40,000 tonnes, milk, yoghurts, fermented milk products – 8,000 tonnes, milk powder – 1,500 tonnes, butter – 1,500 tonnes, egg products – 1,500 tonnes, eggs – 3,000 tonnes. For wheat, quotas were determined at a rate of 950,000 tonnes, barley – 250,000 tonnes, maize – 400,000 tonnes, sugar – 20,000 tonnes, honey – 5,000 tonnes, processed tomatoes – 10,000 tonnes, grape and apple juice – 10,000 tonnes, oats – 4,000 tonnes, garlic – 500 tonnes.
