The preliminary agreement covers the imports of chicken, eggs, sugar, honey, corn, and all kinds of cereals, the European Parliament’s press service reported.

Tariffs and quotas will be reintroduced for these products if the volume of their imports into European Union (EU) countries exceeds the average by 2022-2023, the Kronen Zeitung newspaper reported.

The decision was made in the context of growing protests by Polish farmers who demand changes in the Ukraine-Europe trade policy, while cases of border blockades or attacks on grain trucks are becoming more frequent.

Two years ago, Brussels suspended all tariffs and quotas on agricultural imports from Ukraine in a bid to help the country economically amid the conflict with Russia.

According to European Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis, never before has the EU taken such measures to simplify trade procedures.

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