Ukraine imposes quotas on sugar, poultry meat exports to EU
MOSCOW. June 10 (Interfax) - Ukraine has imposed a quota on sugar exports to the European Union in 2025 in the amount of around 11,008 tonnes, as well as a 51,071-tonne quota on exports of poultry meat (chicken, duck, goose, and guinea fowl meat) and edible poultry by-products, including an 11,655-tonne quota on frozen exports.
The government's June 6 order to this effect has been published on the governmental website, Ukrainian media said. In addition, a quota of 1,439 tonnes was imposed on exports of turkey meat and edible by-products to the EU.
As reported, the EU's Autonomous Trade Measures (ATM) for Ukraine were terminated on June 6, resulting in the reinstatement of trade rules under the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area agreement, including quotas for individual groups of goods. The first ATMs entered into force on June 4, 2022, for a period of one year, temporarily lifting duties, quotas and trade restrictions for Ukrainian goods. Since then, they have been extended twice: on June 6, 2023 and June 6, 2024, the last time with quotas for duty-free export of certain goods. For 2025, a Ukrainan government order set the quota for sugar exports to the EU at 107,200 tonnes and a 57,100-tonne quota for poultry.
Under the new document, sugar export licensing in accordance with the approved quota will be in effective through to August 5, 2025. The Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry distributes the quota volumes between sugar exporters proportionate to its actual exports to the EU in January-May 2025.
Licensing of domestic fowl and turkey meat exports will be in place through to December 31, 2025. The quota volumes are distributed for the period until September 30 in the amount of 30,000 tonnes, and 22,500 tonnes between October 1 and December 31, 2025. The Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry distributes the quota volumes between exporters proportionate to these exports to the EU in January-April 2025.
The quota's reserve volumes (1,071 tonnes) are distributed for four months of 2025 among companies that did not export these products before.