UKRAINE

Quota systems and other trade restrictions threaten to narrow market development and complicate export routes for Ukrainian agricultural products, particularly raw material producers, warns Taras Bashtannik, president of the Ukrainian Fruit and Vegetable Association, as reported by SEEDS. The impact of revised EU trade preferences, adopted on June 5, was the focus of an online … Read more

Ukraine’s negative balance of foreign trade in goods increased by 48.5% in January-April 2025 versus the same period in 2024 – to $11.512 billion from $7.755 billion, Ukrainian media said, citing a statement by the State Statistics Service. Ukrainian exports decreased by 6.9% YoY to $13.312 billion, while imports grew 12.6% to $24.824, it said. … Read more

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 … Read more

The European Commission is implementing a special arrangement to ensure a smooth transition from the Autonomous Trade Measures (ATM) currently applied to Ukraine, which are expiring in a few days, to the previous tariff conditions for Kiev, European Commission spokesperson Olof Gill said. “The autonomous trade measures expire on the [June] 5, that being this … Read more

Having taken the office, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk launched a campaign to persuade the European Union into scrapping the Autonomous Trade Measures (ATM) that liberalize trade with Ukraine, Ukrainian media said, citing his statement with the reference to RMF24. Tusk said the Polish government wants to help Ukraine but this should not be done … Read more

The European Union is preparing to raise tariffs on certain goods from Ukraine, the Financial Times said on Wednesday, citing its sources. “The EU is preparing to apply much higher tariffs on Ukrainian imports within weeks,” the Financial Times said. As the Ukraine crisis began, the EU allowed duty-free imports of the majority of Ukrainian … Read more

Instead of extending the Autonomous Trade Measures (ATM) for Ukraine, which expire on June 5, the European Commission will update the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA) with the country to offer long-term predictability and stability to operators in both the EU and Ukraine, Ukrainian media quoted European Commission Spokesperson Olof Gill as saying … Read more

In April, Ukraine exported 2 million 269 thousand tons of grain and leguminous crops, which is 3 million 391 thousand tons or 2.4 times less than in April 2024. This is reported on the website of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine. Wheat exports in April 2025 amounted to 750 thousand tons, … Read more

The cost of one tonne of exported Ukrainian agricultural products has grown 1.4 tonnes from $315 in 2024 to $443 in April 2025, Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Minister Vitaly Koval said. “That was achieved by increasing exports of value-added products, in particular, bioethanol,” Ukrainian media quoted Koval’s post on a social network. Average prices … Read more

Ukraine’s foreign trade deficit in goods increased 76.6% to $5.014 billion in January-February 2025 from $2.839 billion in the respective period of 2024, Ukrainian media said, citing the State Statistics Service. Exports of goods from Ukraine dropped 13% year-on-year to $6.288 billion in January-February 2025, while imports rose 12.3% to $11.303 billion, the State Statistics … Read more