The EU temporarily waived duties and quotas on Ukrainian agriculture after Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, but that arrangement is due to expire on June 5. A senior Ukrainian lawmaker said last month that the end of EU preferential trade could deprive Kyiv of 3.5 billion euros in annual revenue, a hole other markets will be unable to fill. Koval said Ukrainian oilseed processing plants were working at only about 65% of capacity and his ministry was "exploring all ways to utilise our Ukrainian processing plants in order to create additional value and processing products". Ukraine traditionally exports about half of its soybean harvest and the major part of its rapeseed harvest. Koval added that Ukraine was pushing for an agreement with the EU on better terms than it had before the war.