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.
The European Union has signed the first guarantee agreements worth EUR 1.4 billion under the investment component of the Ukraine Facility programme. Thus, the EU has launched the Ukraine Investment Framework, which will help accelerate Ukraine's recovery, in particular its energy infrastructure.
This was announced by Yuliia Svyrydenko, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine, during the Ukraine Recovery Conference-2024 in Berlin.
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.
According to the results of spring sowing, 7.2 million hectares of oil crops and almost 5.6 million hectares of grain and leguminous crops have been sown on the territory controlled by Ukraine.
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.
The suspension of import duties and quotas on Ukrainian exports to the European Union will be extended for another year, following today's adoption by the Council and April 23 vote in the European Parliament. The EU is thereby delivering once again on its commitment to support Ukraine for as long as it takes.
These so-called Autonomous Trade Measures (ATMs) have been in place since June 2022 and are a key pillar of the EU's unwavering support for Ukraine, providing a lifeline to the country's economy through access to the EU market.
On 7 May, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved a draft law on the ratification of the Free Trade Agreement between Ukraine and the Republic of Turkey. Today’s decision creates the basis for completing domestic procedures for the entry into force of the Agreement. The next step is to submit the draft law for ratification by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
At its meeting on 7 May, the Government adopted a critical decision to improve the business climate in Ukraine. This was announced by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.
Thus, Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 153, which limited payments for imports of goods and services, was cancelled.
2.053 million hectares of grain and leguminous crops have already been sown on the territory controlled by Ukraine, of which, in particular:
For more than two years, Ukrainians, including 512 Astarta employees drafted into the Army, have been fighting for independence of their country at the cost of their lives and defending Europe from the worst aggression since the Second World War. At the same time, Astarta’s team, guided by its values, makes the maximum contribution to nearing Ukraine’s victory.