On Tuesday 30 May, following the ‘Agriculture’ Council, the European Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski, deemed it necessary to extend “at least” until the end of October the restrictions imposed by five EU Member States on Ukrainian cereal imports, despite opposition from Kyiv and resistance from some other EU countries.
The lifting of customs duties in May 2022 boosted the influx of Ukrainian agricultural products into the EU, and in mid-April, several...