EU clears 6,426 T Ukrainian wheat quota imports

PARIS: The European Union awarded 6,426 tonnes of Ukrainian wheat imports this week under an annual tariff-free quota, French farm office FranceAgriMer said on Thursday.

There remained 121,458 tonnes of Ukrainian wheat available out of a total volume of 960,000 tonnes in this year's quota, European Commission data cited by FranceAgriMer showed.

The EU also awarded 105 tonnes of wheat imports this week under a separate quota open to all origins except the United States and Canada, plus 100 tonnes in a quota open to all origins, the data showed.

No imports were cleared this week in quotas for Ukrainian and any-origin barley, or for any-origin maize (corn).

The EU has already awarded the entire 450,000 tonnes on offer in a separate Ukrainian maize quota for 2017.