Hristov: We check the Argentine sunflower in the databases of "Olive" on a daily basis.

The hundreds of thousands of tons of Argentine sunflower oil imported into Bulgaria are under the daily control of the Food Agency. This was stated by the acting Minister of Agriculture, Ivan Hristov, in a written response to a query submitted today on the website of the National Assembly. Iliya Prodanov, Chairman of the National Association of Grain Producers and the Bulgarian Agrarian Chamber, announced on his Facebook profile these days that he had docked the 6th ship from the Mercosur member state. He points out that the ministry has not yet announced (and implemented) the legal technique with which Romania has blocked the entry of Argentine sunflower oil into its territory. At the same time, more than a week has passed since the Bulgarian ministry asked its neighbors what they based their import ban on. Prodanov also informs that Bulgarian sunflower oil is being exported to Turkey, while processors in our country are ordering the same product from Argentina, risking that it ...