Tankers of crude oil from Ukraine replaced the sunflower trucks

Published 2023년 5월 31일

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Despite the European Union's ban on imports of certain agricultural commodites from Ukraine, including sunflower oil, traders are exploiting a loophole by importing crude oil, evidenced by the queues of tankers at oil mills. This situation has caused concern for farmers, as they face low prices for their crops and the upcoming harvest. The mayor of a border village, Georgi Nikolov, highlights the potential for mass sales and falling prices, stating that the situation could become more challenging with a good new harvest. Farmers believe that they are being exploited, with the prices of most goods increasing while only fertilizers and fuels have become cheaper.

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Instead of sunflower trucks in Dobrichko, queues of tankers loaded with crude oil are forming in front of oil mills, Agri.BG has learned. We're following the thread here There is currently no import restriction on unrefined sunflower oil and traders are taking advantage of this loophole in the European ban on imports from Ukraine, which covers 4 agricultural commodities – wheat, maize, sunflower and rapeseed. The oil remained off the prohibited list, despite our country's insistence on its inclusion and until the last assurance that the commodity would also not be eligible for import into countries affected by uncontrolled imports from the belligerent. The inclusion of sunflower oil was insisted on by the National Association of Grain Producers. "Grain trucks and tankers continue to cross the border every day, and of course we cannot say where they are going. However, there is a change, heavy-duty cars are now more with Romanian and Moldovan number plates," he told Agri. BG Georgi ...

Source: Agri