On Thursday 24 April, Cédric Benoist, who chairs the ‘cereals’ working group within Copa-Cogeca (the EU’s agricultural organisations and cooperatives), called for the restoration of tariff quotas for common wheat and barley in trade with Ukraine to levels similar to those in force before the war launched by Russia.
According to Mr Benoist, the EU market is facing a surplus of “at least 5 million tonnes of common wheat”, with a similar imbalance for barley, leading to a fall in...