Polish producers demanded the introduction of quotas on Ukrainian sugar

Sugar

Published Jan 20, 2024

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The National Association of Sugar Beet Producers of Poland is demanding the introduction of quotas on Ukrainian sugar and plans to join a nationwide farmers' protest on January 24th, 2024. The association argues that unlimited sugar imports from Ukraine to the EU have increased significantly and are affecting the profitability of agricultural production and the functioning of farms in Poland. Poland will maintain an embargo on the import of Ukrainian agricultural products until effective mechanisms are developed within the European Union to protect the country's domestic market.

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Moscow. January 19. INTERFAX.RU - The National Association of Sugar Beet Producers of Poland (KZPBC) demands the introduction of quotas on Ukrainian sugar and intends to join the nationwide farmers’ protest planned for January 24, 2024, the association’s website reports. “After the introduction of autonomous trade measures, unlimited sugar imports from Ukraine to the EU in the 2022/2023 agricultural year increased 20 times, and in the 2023/2024 season these volumes could be up to 35 times higher than in the previous one, when the quotas established in the agreement were abolished about the EU-Ukraine association,” the message says. KZPBC noted that the prospect of expanding acreage and sugar production in the 2024/2025 agricultural year will affect Ukraine’s export capabilities by approximately 20%, which may exceed 1 million tons. “The scale of the increase in imports is disproportionately large in relation to the possibilities for using additional sugar, distorts competition and ...

Source: Interfax