“The trend for natural honey was particularly noticeable: over the course of the month, quota utilization rose from 87.1% to 100%. The sugar quota is also nearly exhausted—96.1% of the annual volume has already been used, compared to 90.3% at the beginning of October,” analysts note.

High utilization rates also persist for prepared or canned tomatoes—86.8% (+8.3 percentage points compared to October)—as well as for starches and inulin—72.3% (+7.0 percentagep. compared to October). 

According to UCAB, the biggest change in licensed quotas over the past month occurred for frozen poultry meat. In October, an additional 4.47 thousand metric tons were allocated, bringing the total volume to 9.45 thousand metric tons, or 35.4% of the annual quota, compared to 18.7% a month earlier.

At the same time, the annual quotas for fresh poultry meat, eggs, and egg products have already been virtually fully allocated through import licenses. The annual quota for wheat also remains fully exhausted, analysts added.

Significant activity continues in the dairy products sector. Under the quota for milk and condensed milk, the total allocated volume increased from 32.4% to 40.2% of the annual quota, and for skim milk and cream powder—from 70.2% to 72.5%.

There were no significant changes for butter and other milk fats—about 16% of the annual quota has been allocated, the UCAB clarified.

“An additional 5,000 metric tons of barley were allocated in the November round, bringing the allocation rate to 28.4% of the annual volume. For cereal flour, the allocation rate increased to 38.1%,” the statement noted. 

Thus, as of November 1, the greatest pressure on available tariff quotas is observed for certain processed products, honey, sugar, poultry, and eggs, experts explain. At the same time, for some other commodity lines—in particular, certain types of dairy products, flour, and barley—the annual quotas remain fully utilized or only partially allocated, so a significant amount of available volume still remains.