“Moldova ban on Ukrainian Agri-Exports Leads to Ukraine’s Preparation of Import Ban Decree”

In response to the restrictions imposed by Moldova against Ukrainian agricultural exports, the government is preparing a decree to ban Moldovan imports.

About this to the correspondent “European truth“said the Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture – Trade Representative of Ukraine Taras Kachka.

“We informed Chisinau that any restriction on the part of Moldova would be considered an extremely unfriendly step and would entail an immediate ban on all imports from Moldova,” the official said.

According to him, the introduction of such a ban has already been agreed and launched into preparation.

Recall that on Saturday, May 6, the Moldovan Ministry of Agriculture announced plans join the EU decision to impose a temporary import ban wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower originating from Ukraine, while at the same time allowing their transit.

As reported, the Minister of Agriculture of Moldova, Vladimir Bolea, personally informed the Ukrainian counterpart Nikolay Solsky about this decision. According to him, there is a significant amount of grain in Moldovan storage facilities, which causes farmers to fear that they will not have enough space for a new crop.

According to the State Statistics Service, according to the results of 2022, imports from Moldova to Ukraine amounted to $151 million. In particular, Ukraine imported fuel ($28 million), wine ($16 million), tannins ($15 million), vegetables and processed vegetables ($16 million) from Moldova. ), nuts ($15 million), and ferrous metals ($10 million).

We also recall that on May 2, the European Commission imposed a ban on the import of these goods from Ukraine to five EU countries: Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania, while maintaining their transit.

The ban will be valid until June 5, but it can be extended.

You can read about the causes and possible course of the agrarian crisis in the article. Small agricultural blockade. Explaining the implications of the EU decision to loosen the Polish ban.