On 2 July, the European Union reintroduced tariff quotas from the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) on imports of eggs and sugar from Ukraine, Ukrinform reports, citing data from the European Commission.
The revised autonomous trade measures, effective from 6 June 2024, provide for the so-called "emergency brake" for seven agricultural products, which is automatically triggered if imports reach the annual average recorded between 1 July 2021 and 31 December 2023.
For eggs and sugar, this average is 23,188.96 tonnes and 262,652.68 tonnes, respectively.
As imports of eggs and sugar from Ukraine have already exceeded the volumes set by the tariff quota since the beginning of 2024, additional imports will continue to be subject to most favoured nation duties.
It is noted that from 1 January 2025 and until 5 June 2025, a new tariff rate quota will be introduced, which corresponds to five-twelfths of the threshold set for the "emergency brake". This new quota is set at 9,662.07 tonnes for eggs and 109,438.62 tonnes for sugar.
On 5 June, the updated rules for duty-free and quota-free trade in agricultural products with the EU came into force and will be in effect for a year. Quotas have been set for some agricultural products based on the average harvest for the second half of 2021 and 2022-2023. This applies to six types of products: sugar, eggs, poultry, corn, cereals, and honey.The quota of 262 thousand tonnes for sugar exports to the EU has already been exhausted. On 19 June, the European Union reimposed most-favoured-nation duties on oats from Ukraine due to the excess of the quota of 4,000 tonnes.