The European Commission has suspended imports of four types of Ukrainianagricultural products to five EU countries, according to a May 2 press release. The measure entered into force on May 2 and will last until June 5, 2023. It is deemed necessary given the exceptional circumstances of serious logistical bottlenecks experienced in five member states – Bulgaria, Hungary, … Read more
The European Commission on Tuesday adopted exceptional and temporary precautionary measures on imports of certain agricultural goods from Ukraine after pressure from five European Union member states, which blamed Ukrainian imports for the collapse of local prices. Sydorov writes about this with reference to the message of the European Commission. The import ban concerns four … Read more
The European Commission has reached an agreement with Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia to resolve the crisis of Ukrainian agricultural imports driving down domestic prices, European Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis said in a Twitter post on April 28. The agreement comes after two weeks of negotiations, following Poland and nearby countries introducing bans on imports of … Read more
The European Commission may ban the import of five agricultural products from Ukraine until the end of the year, Ukrinform quoted EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski as saying on April 25. The list will include corn, wheat, rapeseed, sunflower, and sunflower oil, he said. “We’re very close to a good deal, which provides for a temporary ban on five … Read more
The European Dairy Trading Community Eucolait opposed the ban by Poland, Hungary and Slovakia on the import and transit of Ukrainian agricultural products, in particular dairy products, due to its minimal impact on the European market. “We can say overall for the EU that the impact of dairy imports from Ukraine has been minimal,” Alice … Read more
Ukrzaliznytsia, Ukraine’s national railway operator, has resumed the export of Ukrainian agricultural products through Poland for the first time since April 24, Interfax-Ukraine reported on April 24. The shipments are authorized for land transit and for transit to the seaports of Gdańsk, Gdynia, Świnoujście, and Szczecin. Ukrzaliznytsia received a notification about the lifting of restrictions from the … Read more
Czech control authorities checked samples of grain, meat, and eggs from Ukraine and found none that did not meet the standards. Minister of Agriculture Zdeněk Nekula told journalists today, along with the directors of the State Agricultural and Food Inspection, the State Veterinary Administration, and the Central Agricultural Inspection and Testing Institute, Ceske Noviny reports. … Read more
The European Union will take preventive steps against agricultural products from Ukraine and add EUR 100 million in financial aid to protesting farmers, the Interfax-Ukraine reported on April 19. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called on the governments of five EU member states (Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, and Bulgaria) to develop a common European approach, as is required … Read more
The export of electricity will be stopped in case of a shortage of generation capacity for domestic consumers, Minister of Energy of Ukraine Herman Haluschenko said. “There can be no export if there is not enough generation for domestic consumers,” the minister said at a press conference in Kyiv on Tuesday. At the same time, … Read more
Ukraine and Poland have reached an agreement on restarting transit of Ukrainian grain, Ukraine’s Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food reported on April 18. The transit will restart overnight on April 21. Additional control measures will be applied to transit shipments and will be publicly announced to suppliers shortly, the agency said. Ukraine understands the situation among … Read more