Ukrainian government expects that the EU will increase import quotas for Ukrainian honey, sugar and grains as early as September 2025

The Council of the European Union will consider an updated free trade agreement with Ukraine in September 2025, which will significantly increase quotas for the supply of Ukrainian agricultural products, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Taras Kachka announced.

The changes are expected to be put to a vote in the same form as they were approved by the European Commission at the end of June, despite calls from some countries to revise the arrangements.

Autonomous trade preferences (ATM), which have been in effect since 2022, expired on June 5, 2025. Their cancellation could have led to a reduction in Ukrainian exports by $800 million, and the updated agreement will allow preserving the trade volumes achieved during the ATM period.

The agreement proposes to increase quotas for the following types of Ukrainian products:

• honey — by 483% to 35 thousand tons,
• sugar – by 400% to 100 thousand tons,
• processed starch — by 400% to 8 thousand tons,
• barley groats and groats, processed grains — by 335% to 34 thousand tons,
• bran, husks and residues – by 286% to 85 thousand tons,
• powdered milk — by 208% to 15.4 thousand tons,
• eggs — by 200% to 18 thousand tons,
• wheat — by 30% to 1.3 million tons,
• corn — by 53% to 1 million tons,
• barley — by 22.2% to 450 thousand tons,
• poultry meat – by 33% to 120 thousand tons,
• ethanol — by 25% to 125 thousand tons.

In general, the size of 21 of the 34 quotas introduced exceeds the actual volume of exports recorded during the period of the preferences.

After approval by the EU Council, the updated conditions will be approved by the EU-Ukraine Association Committee.