WARSAW, June 5 European authorities have extended the ban on the import of Ukrainian grain to border countries, PAP reported, citing sources in Brussels, but officials have not yet confirmed this.
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"The European Commission extended until mid-September the EU ban on imports from Ukraine of wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower. It came into force on May 2 and replaced the unilateral import bans imposed by countries bordering Ukraine, including Poland,” the publication says. accepted.
Poland and several other Eastern European countries against the backdrop of protests by local farmers this spring suspended the import of Ukrainian agricultural products, which are delivered duty-free to the European market. As a result, the situation was resolved by a separate agreement with the European Commission, according to which the countries unblocked imports.
Instead, the European authorities imposed a temporary (until June 5 with the possibility of extension) EU ban on the import of wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower into five countries bordering on Ukraine countries — Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria.
These goods can still be transported in transit.
Ukraine opposed the extension of the ban, Kiev was supported by the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.
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