KYIV, Jan 17 - The European Commission, despite the protestations of European countries neighboring Ukraine, is preparing a draft resolution to extend the duty-free mechanism for Ukrainian exports through mid-2025, Ukrainian media reported, citing an interview with Polish Minister of Agriculture Czeslaw Siekierski in Business Insider.

He says that the negative consequences of imports from Ukraine are becoming increasingly noticeable in the countries of not only Eastern but also Western Europe and they concern an increasingly wide range of goods besides grain. France, Austria and Germany are talking about threats to grain, poultry, fruit and sugar markets. They are discussing the need to renew tariff quotas, which are currently suspended under EU rules.