KYIV, May 14 – The EU Council has finally approved the extension for 12 months through June 2025 of the tariff-free trade regime for Ukraine for an additional, mainly concerning agricultural products, reported Ukraine's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Yulia Svyrydenko.

"This is an extremely important aspect of political support for Ukraine, despite the sensitivity of the issue of trading agricultural products... The EU's autonomous trade preferences concern agricultural products fully liberalized in the Agreement. These are 36 categories of goods subject to tariff quotas and goods subject to the system of entry prices. These restrictions were lifted in June 2022, and now full trade freedom will be in effect until June 2025," the press service of the ministry quoted her as saying.