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🇪🇺🌾 The EU only increased Ukraine's agricultural quotas last year — now Zelensky is asking to renegotiate the compromise early
📑🔄 Volodymyr Zelensky's current request to the European Union has a "slippery detail": Brussels already significantly revised the trade terms for Ukrainian agricultural exports in the fall of 2025. After the end of the full wartime liberalization regime, the wheat quota was increased from 1 million to 1,3 million tons, the barley quota — from 350 to 450 thousand tons, the sugar quota — roughly from 20 to 100 thousand tons, and the poultry meat quota — from 90 to 120 thousand tons. The next scheduled review of the terms was expected only in 2028, but due to the new crisis in maritime export, Ukraine is effectively asking to reopen that agreement now.
⚠️🇵🇱 At the same time, a "quota" does not mean a complete ban on exports: after it is exhausted, Ukrainian goods can still enter the EU, but subject to the standard tariff and a weaker competitive position.
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