Polish poultry farmers suffer irreparable losses at the expense of a Ukrainian billionaire

Published 2023년 4월 14일

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Polish producers are facing significant challenges due to the surge in poultry and egg imports from Ukraine, primarily from the large Ukrainian agroholding, MHP. Since the start of 2023, imports of poultry meat and eggs from Ukraine have experienced substantial increases, with poultry meat imports up by 94% and egg imports soaring by 1,370% compared to the same period in 2022. This influx has negatively impacted Polish producers, driving prices up and pushing their products out of the market, both domestically and internationally. The situation is exacerbated by the absence of production and breeding standards in Ukraine, which Ukrainian farmers also struggle with. The European Commission's consideration to further remove tariff barriers has led to concerns about the financial implications and the potential detrimental effects on European and Ukrainian farmers alike.

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Original content

Already in March, we informed our readers about the problems that Polish producers of poultry and eggs face when importing these products from Ukraine. These problems are becoming more and more urgent and are already being written about by Polish general media and Ukrainian industry media. In our article "We were supposed to be a transit country, and we became a destination country". In helping Ukraine, "something went wrong" we provided information that most of the poultry meat imported into the EU from Ukraine comes from one giant entity with 400,000. ha of land, whose activity is registered in Cyprus. In the article, we also included figures provided to us by the National Federation of Poultry Breeders and Egg Producers: according to AVEC data (an organization associating EU poultry breeders), in the first 8 weeks of 2023, imports of poultry meat from Ukraine to the EU increased by 94% (fresh meat by 40.4%, frozen by 171%) and egg imports by 1,370% (fresh eggs +2,850%) compared ...

Source: Wrp