Poland extends the sale of apples to Russia, demanding a ban on imports from Ukraine

Published 2023년 7월 3일

Tridge summary

The text highlights the unequal trade relationship between Ukraine and the EU. Despite Ukraine facing trade restrictions and protectionist measures, Poland enjoys unlimited access to the Ukrainian market. Polish gardeners profit from selling apples to Russian consumers, even as Ukraine experiences ongoing conflict. Poland also exports a significant amount of fruit, including apples, to Belarus and Russia, with the latter being its main sales market.
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Original content

However, at the time of signing the association agreement with the EU, Ukraine agreed to discriminatory trade rules with the EU, when the European market was protected from Ukrainian products by quotas and tariffs. Instead, Ukraine provided almost unlimited access for Polish products to its market. While Ukrainian gardeners harvest their crops in the fields under round-the-clock shelling, losing their relatives and loved ones, Polish gardeners happily count their profits, selling apples to those who launch rockets and shells at Ukrainians - to Russian consumers. At the same time, these apples in Polish orchards are collected mainly by Ukrainians! For some reason, Polish gardeners do not organize pickets and protests against such hypocritical approaches to business, and they do not block the gates of packing centers where apples are prepared for shipment to Russia via Belarus. By the way, little Belarus with a population of 9 million people is the second largest market for fruits ...
Source: Seeds

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