Ukraine and the European Commission have discussed changes to the mechanism for administering tariff quotas for dairy products and flour, as well as expanding opportunities for Ukrainian bioethanol exports to the EU.
Ukrainian Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Taras Vysotskyi announced this during his weekly briefing with journalists.
He noted that since July 1, Ukraine has required petrol to contain 7% bioethanol. Because of the war, petrol for the Ukrainian market is imported from the EU with bioethanol already blended into it. Through these petrol imports, Ukraine effectively imports an average of around 10,000 tonnes of bioethanol per month, or approximately 120,000 tonnes a year.
“We have submitted a request to create a system that would allow us to receive an additional quota corresponding to the volume of bioethanol exported to Ukraine as part of petrol supplies. Such a mechanism already exists for other products, including dairy products. We are asking for a similar approach to bioethanol for Ukraine. If we are indeed importing this petrol and bringing in this bioethanol, this should become our additional quota. Accordingly, when we export this bioethanol to the European Union, we are not affecting its internal market,” Vysotskyi said.
He added that Ukraine is proposing that the EU take into account the volume of petrol containing bioethanol imported into Ukraine and provide an additional quota of 120,000 tonnes for Ukrainian bioethanol exports.
The current quota for Ukrainian bioethanol exports to the EU stands at 125,000 tonnes.
