The European Union is planning to reintroduce tariffs on Ukrainian products such as eggs and sugar to appease farmers who protested earlier this year across several EU countries. This information was reported by the Financial Times, citing its own sources.
According to the newspaper, tariffs on Ukrainian goods will amount to 419 euros per ton for white sugar, 339 euros per ton for raw sugar, and 30 cents per kilogram for eggs.
The Financial Times also noted that last week, tariffs of 89 euros per ton were reinstated on Ukrainian oats, which will remain in effect until June 2025. Similar decisions regarding sugar and eggs are expected to be announced on June 28.
In April, EU countries agreed to extend duty-free access for Ukrainian food products, introduced after the full-scale Russian invasion, until June 2025. However, changes were made to this decision due to farmer protests. Specifically, the EU decided to impose tariffs on Ukrainian eggs, sugar, oats, corn, honey, and cereals if the import volumes of these products exceed the average levels of 2022 and 2023. The tariffs on oats have already been reintroduced on this basis, the newspaper noted.
According to the Financial Times, these measures aim to stabilize the situation in EU markets and mitigate the negative impact of increased imports from Ukraine on European farmers.
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For more on Ukrainians‘ reactions to the imposition of tariffs, read here.