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On March 20, the EU Parliament and Council agreed to extend trade liberalization measures for Ukraine as it’s economically undermined by Russia’s aggression.
This was stated by the European Parliament press service.
“The temporary suspension of import duties and quotas on Ukrainian agricultural exports to the EU will be renewed for another year, until 5 June 2025, to support Ukraine amidst Russia’s continuing war of aggression,” the statement said.
At the same time, the EU will probably adjust their decision in terms of ‘particularly sensitive agricultural products’ like poultry, eggs, and sugar and restrict their import ‘should there be significant disruption to the EU market or the markets of one or more EU countries due to Ukrainian imports.’
The European Parliament also added oats, maize, groats, and honey to the list of ‘sensitive products,’.and Ukrainian wheat also raises concerns.
Farmers of several EU member states, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, are fiercely protesting against agriculture import from Ukraine. However, these same countries still import Russian and Belarusian agricultural goods.
The EU, according to Reuters, plans to implement tariffs on Russian and Belarusian grain, but will not ban it completely.
