EU Commissioner: Ban on imports of five agricultural products from Ukraine to Poland and four other countries

Published Apr 28, 2023

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The European Commission has imposed a ban on the import of five agricultural products from Ukraine, including wheat, corn, rapeseed, sunflower seeds, and sunflower oil, to Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria, due to market destabilization in these countries. The ban, which will be lifted and replaced with a Community ban, was supported by Poland and four other countries. However, the ban does not extend to transit through these countries to the entire EU market. The EU Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski, emphasized that the decision is a Polish initiative and that other products like honey or poultry are under discussion. He also noted that the free trade with Ukraine is beneficial for the Polish economy, as it led to a trade surplus of nearly EUR 4 billion in 2022.

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Ultimately, it will not be possible to import five agricultural products from Ukraine to Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria, including wheat - announced on Friday the EU Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski. He added that further trade bans or restrictions are possible, such as reintroducing tariffs with Ukraine. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced on Friday in Zaranna in the province. Lodz, that the arrangements with the EU on the ban on the import of agricultural products from Ukraine, which led to destabilization on the Polish market, have been finalized. As he stressed, the Polish position was supported by the votes of Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. As the EU Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski, assessed during the Friday press conference in Warsaw, "it was a very good Polish initiative to present a solution to the import ban" of products from Ukraine, which applies to five countries - Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, ...

Source: AgroPolska