Bulgaria: We want a ban on imports from Ukraine until New Year's on sunflower, crude oil, and powdered milk

Bulgaria insists that the ban on imports from Ukraine after September 15 of this year be extended, with only three items included in the list of products - sunflower, unrefined sunflower oil and dry milk, it became clear after the meeting of the Minister of Agriculture and Food Kiril Vatev with the industry of sunflower producers and processors. Each of the five countries demanding that this ban be extended - Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Hungary - wants different things to be included in the list, he added. "Poland wants soft fruits to be included in the list. Romania insists that the period of the ban be until June 30, 2024, while the other four countries, including us, want it to be until the New Year," Minister Vatev said. According to him, it is possible to solve the problem of dormant sunflowers from last year's harvest by following the example of Turkey, which has imposed high duties on the import of sunflowers until its own harvest is exhausted, the minister ...