Ukraine suspends sugar exports to the EU
31 May 2024 10:54
The government has introduced licensing for exports to the European Union member states of certain products, including sugar. This was announced by the government’s permanent representative in the Verkhovna Rada Taras Melnychuk, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports
“The resolution has been supplemented with a new appendix “Quota volumes of goods whose export to the EU member states is subject to licensing”, which includes certain agricultural products (sugar with a quota of 0 tonnes, poultry meat and edible by-products, and turkey meat and edible turkey by-products),” he said,
– melnychuk said.
The decision was made to comply with the conditions for the export of certain goods to the EU customs territory under temporary trade liberalisation measures.
Earlier, the National Association of Sugar Producers of Ukraine “Ukrtsukor” appealed to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine with a request to urgently establish a zero quota for sugar exports to 🇪🇺ЄС for 2024 in connection with the achievement of the maximum volume stipulated by the EU decision for the export of Ukrainian sugar to the EU countries this year.
“In fact, we are talking about Ukraine’s initiative to close the border for sugar exports to the EU as soon as possible due to the fact that sugar exports have already reached 262.6 thousand tonnes, which is the quota for Ukraine for 2024,”
– ukrtsukr said.
It should be noted that the First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Taras Vysotsky said that Ukraine is actively developing a new direction for sugar exports.
In March, almost 8 thousand tonnes of sugar were supplied to three African countries – Cameroon, Libya and Guinea.
