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From today, 2 July 2024, the tariff rate quotas from the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) are reintroduced for imports of eggs and sugar from Ukraine into the EU. The revised Autonomous Trade Measures (ATMs), in place since 6 June 2024, includes an emergency brake for seven agricultural products to be automatically triggered if import volumes reach the average yearly imports recorded between 1 July 2021 and 31 December 2023.

Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development reported this.

248 criminal proceedings covering 432 episodes are being investigated for the facts of shelling of grain infrastructure and seizure of other objects by the Russian army. The prosecutor general of Ukraine Andrii Kostin told about this during the telethon.

The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) stood at 120.4 points in May 2024, up 1.1 points (0.9 %) from its revised April level, as increases in the price indices for cereals and dairy products slightly more than offset decreases in those for sugar and vegetable oils, while the meat price index was almost unchanged.

With great sadness, the family of Morgan Williams announced that he passed away at his home in California on Saturday, June 8, 2024, next to his wife.

The Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation, its employees and members have known Morgan Williams for many years. UAC is a member of USUBC, and the president of UAC is a senior advisor. The President and CEO of the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council, Morgan Williams, can be described as a professional in his field, a true leader, and a great friend of Ukraine.