WARSAW, April 7 (Reuters) – Imports of Ukrainian grain to Poland shall be briefly halted to mitigate impression on costs, however transit will nonetheless be allowed, Polish Agriculture Minister Robert Telus stated on Friday.
Telus took workplace on Thursday after his predecessor resigned amid farmers’ protests over falling costs of produce.
“We agreed to restrict and for now halt exports to Poland,” Telus informed reporters after assembly his Ukrainian counterpart. “Transit shall be allowed however shall be intently monitored in each nations, in order that Ukraine grain would not keep in Poland.”
Giant portions of Ukrainian grains, that are cheaper than these produced within the European Union, have ended up staying in Central European states amid logistical bottlenecks, hitting costs and gross sales for native farmers.
This created a political downside for Poland’s ruling nationalists Legislation and Justice (PiS) in an election yr.
The prime ministers of 5 states together with Poland final month wrote to European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen to demand motion on Ukrainian agricultural imports. (Reporting by Marek Strzelecki and Pawel Florkiewicz; Modifying by Andrew Cawthorne)
