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Hungary asked Brussels to extend restrictions on imports of agricultural products from Ukraine until the end of the year

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Published Jun 1, 2023

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Hungary has asked the EU to extend restrictions on the import of Ukrainian grain and oil crops for five Eastern European countries at least until the end of 2023.

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This was stated by the State Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture of Hungary, Zholt Feldman, reports "European Truth" with reference to the Reuters agency. Feldman told state news agency MTI late on Tuesday that Hungary had also asked Brussels to provide financial support to local farmers to facilitate the transportation of grain stocks stuck in internal storage before this year's harvest. "We are interested in ensuring that the harvest in Hungary is harvested safely and that Hungarian farmers are able to sell their products," Feldman said after a meeting of EU agriculture ministers in Brussels. On May 2, the EU imposed restrictions on the import of Ukrainian wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower until June 5 in order to reduce the oversupply of cereals in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. These countries complained that cheaper Ukrainian grain makes domestic production unprofitable. The European Commission stated that during this period Ukrainian wheat, corn, ...
Source: Epravda
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