BRUSSELS: The European Union awarded licenses to import 77,451 tonnes of Ukrainian wheat this week under an annual duty-free quota, official data showed on Thursday.
There remained nearly 37,000 tonnes of wheat available during 2016 in the quota that offers a total annual volume of 950,000 tonnes, the data showed.
No barley Ukrainian imports were awarded this week in a separate duty-free quota. Only around 11,000 tonnes have been granted so far this year in the 250,000 tonne barley quota.
Another tariff-free import quota offering 400,000 tonnes of Ukrainian maize (corn) was exhausted in the first round of bidding in January.
