Under pressure from farmers, a majority of EU states want stricter customs regulations for certain foodstuffs from Ukraine. On Wednesday evening, the ambassadors of the EU states agreed on a new compromise on customs regulations for Ukrainian agricultural products, as announced by the Belgian EU Council Presidency. According to diplomats, it provides for fewer goods to be sold duty-free in the EU than originally planned. This is likely to be to the detriment of Ukrainian agriculture. Affected products include eggs, poultry, sugar and maize.