Bulgaria: It is not clear how many sunflowers will be harvested, nor in what quality

Published 2023년 8월 25일

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The Bulgarian Agri-Food Chamber (BAHK) is proposing an extension of the ban on importing agricultural products from Ukraine, with the list of banned products still open for discussion. The chairman of BAHK stated that there are problems with milk, eggs, and meat from Ukraine, as they are being sold at lower prices than Bulgarian products. The ban on importing products from Ukraine is set to expire on September 15, but Bulgaria wants it extended until the end of the year to include sunflowers, unrefined sunflower oil, and dry milk.
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To extend the ban on the import of agricultural products from Ukraine is proposed by the Bulgarian Agri-Food Chamber (BAHK), and at this stage the list of products to which the ban applies is still open, Vencislav Varbanov, chairman of the Board of Directors, told Agrozona. BAHK. Individual branches are expected to make official proposals for individual goods to be included in the list by BAHK. "There is a problem with milk, with eggs, with meat, there is a problem with everything. Everything that comes from Ukraine is at dumping prices and undercuts our production, but we are waiting to see what Brussels' decision will be," he added. The import ban expires on September 15 of this year. Yesterday, after a meeting of the Minister of Agriculture and Food, Kiril Vatev, with sunflower producers and processors, he announced that Bulgaria will insist that the ban on importing products from Ukraine be extended until the end of the year and apply to sunflowers, unrefined sunflower oil and ...
Source: Agrozona

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