Customs duty from Ukraine to European Union: Import Duty Guide

Key Takeaways

• The EU’s wartime Autonomous Trade Measures, which suspended nearly all tariffs on Ukrainian goods from 2022, expired on 5 June 2025 and were not renewed a third time - EU law only permitted two renewals.
• They were replaced by an upgraded EU-Ukraine DCFTA, in force since 29 October 2025 - more permanent than the wartime measures, but reintroducing lower tariff-rate quotas on a few sensitive agricultural categories like wheat, honey, sugar, and eggs.
• As of August 2026, the upgraded DCFTA - not the expired wartime measures - is the correct, current description of Ukraine’s EU trade access.
• EU imports from Ukraine reached €21.7 billion in 2025, and the EU accounts for roughly 65% of Ukraine’s total trade - trade volume has more than doubled since the original 2016 DCFTA took effect.
• For most goods outside the specific agricultural quota categories, access remains broadly duty-free under the upgraded agreement.

Ukraine-EU Trade at a Glance

EU imports from Ukraine reached €21.7 billion in 2025, within combined bilateral goods trade of €68.2 billion. Ukraine is the EU’s 15th-largest trading partner (1.3% of total EU trade), but the EU accounts for roughly 65% of Ukraine’s own total trade - a deeply asymmetric but strategically significant relationship. Trade volume has more than doubled since the original DCFTA’s 2016 entry into force (European Commission).

Is There a Trade Deal Between Ukraine and the EU? (A Correction Worth Knowing)

Yes, but the shape of it changed significantly in 2025 in a way that’s easy to get wrong if relying on older coverage. The EU’s temporary Autonomous Trade Measures (ATMs), introduced in June 2022 in response to Russia’s invasion, suspended nearly all EU tariffs and quotas on Ukrainian goods. EU law capped these emergency measures at two renewals; having already been renewed once through June 2025, they expired on 5 June 2025 and could not be extended again (euronews).

Rather than lapsing to standard MFN tariffs, they were replaced by an upgraded, more permanent EU-Ukraine Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) - agreed in principle 30 June 2025, formally adopted 14 October 2025, and in force since 29 October 2025 (KPMG). This upgraded DCFTA is more restrictive than the wartime ATMs on a handful of sensitive agricultural categories - reintroducing lower tariff-rate quotas on products like wheat, honey, sugar, and eggs - but remains substantially more liberal than the original 2016 DCFTA, and doesn’t require the periodic emergency renewal the ATMs did. As of August 2026, this upgraded DCFTA - not the expired wartime ATMs - is the accurate, current description of Ukraine’s EU market access.

How Much Will You Pay Importing from Ukraine to the EU?

For most goods outside the specific agricultural quota categories reintroduced in 2025, access remains broadly duty-free under the upgraded DCFTA. This site’s product-level duty data was sourced primarily against the EU-Japan agreement, so the FTA column in the table below may under-represent the DCFTA’s real coverage for non-agricultural categories - check the specific commodity code if a product doesn’t show 0% here. Standard EU mechanics otherwise apply: since 1 July 2026, orders under €150 from an IOSS-registered seller pay a flat €3 duty per item type, non-IOSS orders under €150 stay duty-free, and orders over €150 pay VAT (varying by member state) plus any applicable duty plus a handling fee.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Ukraine still duty-free into the EU under wartime measures?

Not exactly - the wartime Autonomous Trade Measures expired in June 2025 and weren’t renewed again. What’s in force now is a different, upgraded DCFTA agreement from October 2025, which is more permanent but slightly more restrictive on a few specific agricultural categories.

What changed for agricultural products specifically?

The upgraded DCFTA reintroduced lower tariff-rate quotas on sensitive categories like wheat, honey, sugar, and eggs - stricter than the near-total wartime waiver, though still more liberal than the pre-2022 original DCFTA.

How big is EU-Ukraine trade?

EU imports from Ukraine reached €21.7 billion in 2025, and the EU accounts for roughly 65% of Ukraine’s total trade, making the EU by far Ukraine’s most significant trading partner even though Ukraine is a comparatively small source of EU imports overall.

Why did the EU’s wartime measures expire instead of continuing?

EU law limited the emergency Autonomous Trade Measures to two renewals, both of which had already been used - a third extension wasn’t legally available, which is why a negotiated, more permanent replacement (the upgraded DCFTA) was needed instead.