EU extends 5 countries’ restrictions on grain imports from Ukraine

The EU Commission has announced the new decisions taken on the import of agricultural products from Ukraine.

Consequently, the exceptional and temporary measures for imports of wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower from Ukraine, which entered into force on May 2 for Poland, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and Bulgaria and ended today, will continue until September 15. .

WON’T TAKE CAUTION

In this process, 5 countries will not take any measures to prevent the shipment of Ukrainian grains to other EU member countries.

These countries demanded the continuation of restrictions on Ukrainian grain due to severe logistics bottlenecks and limited grain storage capacity ahead of the harvest season.

After the start of the Russian-Ukrainian War and the impossibility of shipping from the Black Sea ports for a long time, a significant amount of Ukrainian grain and food products began to be shipped overland to the countries of Central and Eastern Europe.

A large number of agricultural products from Ukraine entered the markets of the border countries Poland, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and Bulgaria. Relatively cheap Ukrainian grains and food products have upset growers in these countries.

HAS A FORBIDDEN DECISION

Farmers in the countries of the region have long been demanding an end to cheap agricultural products from Ukraine. These countries decided to impose a temporary ban on grain and food from Ukraine in April.

The EU Commission has also prepared a plan to address the concerns of countries banning grain imports from Ukraine, providing additional support to farmers if goods are allowed to transit, and imposing restrictions on some Ukrainian products. Therefore, the shipment of Ukrainian grain to other countries continued. (AA)