Ukraine and the EU are significantly increasing duty-free quotas for some agricultural products. For Ukraine, this is a strong signal of deeper integration with the EU, which increases investment attractiveness and strengthens the competitiveness of Ukrainian producers, according to the Committee on Agrarian and Land Policy.
On 29 October 2025, changes to the tariff schedules for mutual trade between Ukraine and the European Union came into force, opening a new stage of economic cooperation between the countries. These changes were adopted on 15 October 2025.
Decision No. 3/2025, adopted within the framework of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU, provides for the abolition or significant reduction of import duties and an increase in tariff quotas for Ukrainian agri-food products when exporting them to the EU.
In particular, the largest increase in duty-free supplies compared to 2021 was recorded for:
Honey: the quota increased by 483% – from 6 to 35 thousand tonnes;
Sugar: the quota for white sugar increased by 400% – from 20 to 100 thousand tonnes;
Skimmed milk powder: the volume increased by 208% – from 5 to 15.4 thousand tonnes;
Eggs: the quota increased by 200% – from 6 to 18 thousand tonnes;
Poultry meat: the quota increased by 33% – from 90 to 120 thousand tonnes.
In addition, quotas for processed products showed significant growth. Thus, the quota for bran and its residues increased by 405% (from 21 to 85 thousand tonnes), and for barley groats and meal – by 423% (from 7.8 to 33.2 thousand tonnes).
The agreement also provides for new quota categories for specific products, i.e. goods for which a separate duty-free quota has been allocated from the larger, general quota. Previously, exports of such goods were counted within the quota for the raw materials from which they were made. In particular, wheat, barley and corn flour, whose exports were previously counted in the general quotas for wheat, corn and barley, have been separated from the existing quotas.
Now exporters can deliver not only 1.3 million tonnes of wheat to the European Union duty-free, but also an additional 30,000 tonnes of flour made from it.
Information on the updated tariff quota volumes for 2025 is available on the Single State Information Web Portal ‘Single Window for International Trade’.