“Negotiations are underway at the government level to extend the “trade visa-free regime” between Ukraine and the EUThe Ukrainian government is negotiating with the EU to extend the mechanism that allows duty-free import of goods from Ukraine.
The benefits were introduced for the period of martial law.”, — write: unn.ua
Vishtak commented on the end of the “trade visa-free regime” with the EU for Ukraine on June 5.
The benefits were introduced for the period of martial law. The government’s position is that martial law has not yet ended, so negotiations are underway at the government level. Right now, the Minister of Agrarian Policy, Vitaliy Koval, is on a business trip abroad, including conducting negotiations on this issue.
AdditionThe so-called Autonomous Trade Measures (ATM), which abolish tariffs on Ukrainian goods, have been in place since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 to allow Ukraine to export its agricultural products by land.
But EU countries bordering Ukraine, including Poland, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, have complained that Ukrainian imports are undermining domestic prices and have sparked unrest among farmers.
The European Commission has introduced an “emergency brake” that limits imports of food products such as eggs, poultry, sugar, oats, corn, cereals and honey, which can be activated as soon as import levels exceed a certain threshold.
The measures expire in early June and will reportedly not be extended this time. The agreements expire on June 6, and the EU plans to replace them with “transitional measures” while both sides update their joint trade agreement. Meanwhile, as the FT reported, the EU is preparing to impose much higher tariffs on Ukrainian imports within a few weeks.
Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced on May 16 that Ukraine is in negotiations with the European Commission on the introduction of a certain transitional period of visa-free trade with the EU after June 5.
On May 20, it was reported that Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated in the Sejm that the EU mechanism, which allows duty-free imports of goods from Ukraine, will cease to be in effect in June.