Ukraine temporarily suspends grain exports to Poland due to protests of Polish farmers
Exports of wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower will be suspended
To solve the problem of overstocking of the Polish market and protests of Polish farmers, Ukraine will temporarily stop exporting grain and sunflower to this country until the new season.
Source. This is reported by the Ministry of Agriculture of Poland with reference to the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Mykola Solsky, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
"We all understand who is to blame for this situation, but we have to solve the problem. Therefore, Ukraine will refrain from exporting wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower to Poland (until the new season)," Solsky said at a joint press conference on Friday with his Polish counterpart Robert Telus.
"The Ukrainian side has proposed to severely limit for some time, and now even stop the supply of grain to Poland," Telus said.
As reported, on April 5, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said at a meeting with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in Warsaw that the parties had found a solution to the problem of Ukrainian grain exports to Poland.
"We discussed the issues of our farmers – Polish and Ukrainian. We have found a way out. I believe that in the coming days, weeks, we will finally resolve all issues, because there can be no difficulties between such close partners and real friends as Poland and Ukraine," Zelensky said.
Earlier, the governments of Poland and Romania announced their intention to ask the European Commission to develop mechanisms to help avoid price dumping to the detriment of local farmers.
Polish farmers threatened to disrupt events during Zelenskyy's visit to Warsaw, and Polish Minister of Agricultural Policy Henryk Kowalczyk resigned.
Background. As reported, protests broke out in Romania over the import of cheap Ukrainian grain.
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