Poland will not ban the transit of Ukrainian berries

Published 2024년 4월 11일

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A trilateral meeting between Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine, initially aimed at discussing agricultural export negotiations, particularly for berries and apple concentrate, shifted focus towards grain issues and the political implications of reducing trade with Belarus and Russia. Despite the official agenda, Taras Bashtannik, President of the Ukrainian Fruit and Vegetable Association, noted a significant deviation towards urging Poland to halt trade with Belarus and Russia, as pushed by Lithuania. However, Bashtannik also reported optimistic, albeit unofficial, discussions regarding the transit and sale of Ukrainian berries in Poland, despite concerns over low prices affecting market access. Future discussions are anticipated to address these concerns more thoroughly, with a positive outlook on grain sales to the Polish market being highlighted.

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In Lithuania, a continuation of the March negotiations took place between representatives of Ukrainian and Polish specialized agricultural associations. It was planned that each of the agricultural export positions would be discussed separately in a small specialized circle of representatives of both states, but in reality everything was not quite like that. The President of the Ukrainian Fruit and Vegetable Association (UPOA), Taras Bashtannik, who took part in the meeting as part of the Ukrainian delegation, spoke about the nuances of the SEEDS negotiations. “It was a trilateral meeting between representatives from Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine. The composition of the delegation was of parliamentary level. There were no ministers on their side, but the chairman of the Committee of the Agar Sejm. On our side, at the political level there was a deputy minister and secretary of the committee of the Rada of Ukraine. But the question is that these negotiations returned in a slightly ...

Source: Eastfruit