Overview
- The EU‑Ukraine Association Committee (Trade Configuration) gave final approval on Oct. 14, following the European Council’s endorsement a day earlier.
- The package takes effect on Oct. 29 and removes some tariffs while increasing several tariff‑rate quotas, with 31 items still subject to above‑quota duties, down from 36.
- New duty‑free limits for key products are below 2024 export volumes—for example wheat at 1.3 million metric tons versus 6.4 million last year and sugar at 100,000 tons versus 320,000—making above‑quota sales costly.
- The framework is bilateral and designed for predictability, with a review set for 2028 and potential further opening linked to Ukraine’s alignment with EU rules.
- Ukraine grants greater access for EU pork, poultry and sugar as part of mutual concessions after concerns from Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania about agricultural market strain.