AgricultureEconomyPolitics Ukraine will lose its present preferential commerce circumstances with the EU in June. Friday, April 11, 2025

The European Fee is not going to provoke an extension of the autonomous commerce measures launched in 2022 to help Ukrainian exports, which expire on June 5, stated EU Agriculture Commissioner Christoph Hansen.

“The present measures will probably be canceled in any case,” he said.

Nonetheless, he famous that new import quotas for Ukrainian items, which the EC is already getting ready, will probably be extra favorable for Ukraine than reverting to the phrases of the 2014 free commerce settlement that was in impact previous to the Russian invasion. The EU is discussing the potential of sustaining sure preferences for Ukrainian metal.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal stated that Kyiv is actively working to increase the visa-free commerce regime with the EU at the very least till the tip of 2025 to permit time for acceptable adjustments to Article 29 of the Affiliation Settlement. Moreover, the transport visa-free regime between Ukraine and the EU was routinely prolonged for six months, till the tip of 2025.