The European Commission is plotting to impose import tariffs on cereals imported from Russia and Belarus, according to internal sources, in an effort to compensate for the dissatisfaction of some member states and European farmers with the influx of Ukrainian agricultural products.

It is that the European Commission will propose a tariff of €95 per tonne ($103) on grains from both countries and a tariff of 50% on oil seeds and their derivatives.

It is worth noting that this tariff policy will only apply to supplies of Russian agricultural products for domestic consumption in the EU-27 member states, and will not extend to goods shipped to other third countries after the transition to the EU.

這一舉措被視為歐盟試圖平衡各方利益的一種權宜之計。自烏克蘭戰爭爆發以來,大量廉價的烏克蘭農產品通過波蘭和羅馬尼亞等國進入歐盟,引發了歐盟農民的強烈不滿。他們認為,在"歐洲綠色協議"的擠壓下,烏克蘭產品的涌入無疑加劇了歐盟農業的生存困境。

Some farmers’ organizations have even called for the EU to temporarily close its borders and ban Ukrainian agricultural products from entering the country, but the EU has insisted that Ukraine must be supported and that Ukraine’s exports should not be stifled.

However, compared to Ukraine, the quantity of agricultural products exported by Russia and Belarus to the EU is very limited, so the tariff measure is largely only symbolic, and the actual effect may be limited.

Overall, the EU’s move aims to ease pressure from local farmers while avoiding a complete cut in the supply of Ukrainian agricultural products to Europe.