Ukraine plans to extend the quota regime for agricultural exports until 2026

Ukraine plans to maintain the licensing regime for the export of certain types of agricultural products (grains and oilseeds) to Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland in 2026.

This is stated in the draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, posted on the website of the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine.

In particular, Annex 4 to the draft resolution contains a list of goods (agricultural products) whose export is subject to licensing during the next year, namely:

• Wheat and a mixture of wheat and rye (meslin) (UKT FEA code 1001 99 00 00);

• Corn (1005 90 00 00);

• Rape or colza seeds, crushed or not: rape or colza seeds with a low erucic acid content (1205 10 90 00 and 1205 90 00);

• Sunflower seeds, whether or not broken (1206 00 91 00 and 1206 00 99 00).

Also, Annex 5 to the document extends the licensing and quota regime for sugar exports to the EU countries. The size of the export quota is proposed to be set at 100 thousand tons.

As previously reported by USM, the new EU tariff quotas will reduce Ukrainian exports by $1.1 billion annually — IER. Wheat exports will suffer the most, and a decline in exports of sugar, barley, poultry meat, eggs, honey and apple juice is also expected.