/ world today news/ Under the pressure of mass imports of cheap Ukrainian agricultural products, supply in Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and other European countries exceeds demand, prices fall, and local farmers suffer huge economic losses. Russian media reported this yesterday.
Polish farmers claim that the price of wheat in the country has fallen by more than 35% compared to August 2022. In Bulgaria, 80% of last year’s sunflower harvest and more than 3 million tons of wheat produced last year have not yet been sold. Poland and other countries have called on the EU to limit the access of Ukrainian food raw materials to European markets, while doing what is necessary to compensate the losses of local farmers.
In July last year, Russia and Ukraine signed agreements in Istanbul on a safe maritime humanitarian corridor in the Black Sea for the export of agricultural products from the country. The agreements have already been extended twice. Russia has repeatedly stated that after the signing of the contracts, a large part of Ukrainian agricultural raw materials went to EU countries, and not to poorer countries that need food.
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