Ukraine has removed barriers to the export of some agricultural commodities, imposed last year to prevent food shortages, in a bid to boost foreign currency income, the government said on May 16. The country introduced export licenses in 2022 to protect food supplies after agricultural production was hit by Russia's invasion. The requirement for export licenses will be lifted for live cattle, frozen cattle meat, chicken meat, eggs, rye, oats, and millet. The European Union on May 2 set restrictions on imports of Ukrainian wheat, maize, rapeseed and sunflower seed to ease excess supply to Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia.
