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Romania asked the EC to extend the restrictions on cereal imports from Ukraine
Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia support the extension until the end of the year of the EU ban on the import of Ukrainian grain to these countries, Polish Agriculture Minister Robert Telus said on Friday, Reuters reports.
In May, the European Union allowed Ukraine’s five neighbors to ban domestic sales of Ukrainian wheat, corn, canola and sunflower seeds, while allowing transit of such cargoes for export elsewhere.
This ban is due to end on September 15. “We support a ban on imports into our countries until the end of the year. I mean, and failing that, some countries will introduce their own restrictions. Our statement is clear,” Telus said in a press conference.
The agriculture ministers of the five countries agree at the same time to support subsidies for grain transit and want other products to be added to the list of import bans, such as raspberries in the case of Poland, Telus also said.
According to https://www.ukrinform.net/, the Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Ministry has paid attention to a statement made by Poland’s agriculture minister regarding the approval of further import restrictions on Ukrainian grain until the end of 2023 on the part of Poland, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary.
The relevant commentary was posted by the Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Ministry on its official website, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “We consider it absolutely unacceptable to continue trade restrictions on the import of agricultural products from Ukraine after the ban of the European Commission expires on September 15,” the report states.
According to the ministry, the intentions to add other Ukrainian products to the list of banned imported goods are also completely unclear.
Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs Ministry emphasized that such unilateral restrictions do not correspond to the spirit and letter of the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement and the principles and regulations of the European single market.
The Ukrainian ministry called on the leadership of the European Union and the countries involved to develop a balanced solution in accordance with the EU legislation and the Association Agreement.
“Only in the spirit of solidarity can we counter the challenges caused by Russian aggression against Ukraine and strengthen the European single market,” Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs Ministry concluded.
A reminder that Poland, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary agreed to support a ban on grain imports from Ukraine until the end of 2023.