Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia will ask the European Union to extend the ban on Ukrainian grain imports after September 15.
Source: Hungarian Minister of Agriculture István Nagy, quoted by “European truth” with reference to “Reuters“
Direct speech of the Hungarian minister: “We are going to Warsaw to strengthen cooperation between the five countries and sign a declaration or agreement in which we will ask the EU to extend the ban after September 15.”
Details: Central European countries fear that the termination of the “grain deal” by Russia may lead to increased grain flows and the emergence of “bottlenecks” in these countries.
The day before, Nagy said that on Wednesday, five countries will ask to leave the ban on the import of four Ukrainian products – wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower seeds – for the time being unchanged, and transit supplies will continue.
However, according to him, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia will also discuss the option when they can individually ask the EU to add products to the banned list.
Direct speech Nadia: “Obviously, Ukraine, given its huge size, everything that it produces and exports to Europe, excites the market. The same situation with chicken meat, eggs, honey.
We are aiming to keep the ban on these four products, and there will probably be an agreement that countries on a case-by-case basis can ask the EU to impose a ban on additional products… That’s what we’ll talk about.”
More details: Poland’s Agriculture Minister Robert Telus said Warsaw is ready to improve transit through Poland, but the EU should help with infrastructure.
Overland grain transportation is expensive, Nagy said, and suggested that the EU offer Ukraine or shipping companies a progressive transit subsidy to allow grain to be shipped to alternative ports to avoid straining European markets.
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2023-07-19 12:14:08
