Ukrainians reported that 12 million tons of grain came to Poland from Russia

Published Feb 19, 2024

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The EU Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski, has debunked reports of Russia importing 12 million tons of grain to Poland in 2022-2023, stating that the actual figures are much lower. In fact, Ukraine supplies about 10 times more cereals to the EU than Russia. Despite the ongoing conflict, Russia remains a significant recipient of EU agricultural goods and provides 27% of fertilizer supplies. Meanwhile, Ukraine's grain export has risen to 28 million tons, leading to an increase in corn supplies to Western Europe, particularly Spain. However, this has resulted in a loss of sales markets for Polish grain.

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- Russia imported 12 million tons of grain to Poland in 2022-2023, but it is Ukrainian grain that bothers Poles the most - said a guest of the Ukrainian Center for Counteracting Disinformation on the You Tube channel of this medium. Such information appeared on February 17, 2024 in a video by the Center for Counteracting Disinformation, a government agency, as evidenced by its website address and the "GOV" ending, i.e. cpd.gov.ua. This center deals with basic analyzes and publishes reports. This false information was widely circulated on social media on February 18. We correct this data below. How much did Poland import grain from Russia? The above information took on a life of its own on the Internet, which is probably why Janusz Wojciechowski himself, the EU Commissioner for Agriculture, reported on the X website what the import of grain and oilseeds from Russia to the EU and Poland really looked like in recent years. They show that in 2023, 4,000 people came to our country. t ...

Source: Farmer.pl