Ukrainians pick Polish apples that Poland sells to Russia

Published 2023년 7월 4일

Tridge summary

Polish fruit growers are demanding a ban on the import of raspberries from Ukraine, but they do not want Ukraine to ban the import of other Polish fruits or food products. Despite the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Polish growers continue to profit from selling their apples to Russian consumers, with Belarus being the second-largest market for Polish fruits. Polish apple exports to Belarus alone brought in €15 million in revenue in the first four months of 2023, and Russia remains the most important market for Polish apple growers.
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Original content

Polish fruit growers, on the one hand, demand a ban on the import of raspberries from Ukraine, and at the same time they do not want Ukraine to ban the import of other Polish fruits or food products. When signing the association agreement with the EU, Ukraine agreed to discriminatory EU trade rules when the European market was protected from Ukrainian products through quotas and import duties and in response Ukraine gave Polish products almost unlimited access to its market. While Ukrainian growers bring in their harvest and endure round-the-clock shelling, sometimes losing their loved ones, Polish growers happily count their profits by selling apples to those who fire rockets and grenades at Ukrainians; that is, Russian consumers. Moreover, in Polish orchards, these apples are mainly harvested by Ukrainians! For some reason, Polish growers do not organize pickets and protests against this hypocritical way of doing business, nor do they block the gates of packing centers where ...
Source: AGF

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