Brussels extends restrictions on the import of Ukrainian grains and Ukraine bans its sugar exports
Wheat
Published Jun 7, 2023
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The European Commission has extended the measures it adopted last May on imports of wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower seeds originating in Ukraine, with the aim of alleviating the logistical bottlenecks related to these products in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. These measures lasted until June 5, 2023 [Read more...]
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The European Commission has extended the measures it adopted last May on imports of wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower seeds originating in Ukraine, with the aim of alleviating the logistical bottlenecks related to these products in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. These measures lasted until June 5, 2023 and have now been extended. The EU will progressively eliminate these measures before September 15, 2023. In addition, as a novelty with respect to those approved in May, it is reduced from 17 to 6 tariff lines for the 4 products covered. The measures mean that the products can continue to circulate or transit through these five Member States through a common customs transit procedure or go to a country or territory outside the EU. In addition to these measures, Brussels launched a package of €100 million for financial support for farmers in the five Member States and other measures to facilitate the transit of cereal exports from Ukraine through solidarity ...
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