With Poland refusing to issue sufficient transit permits, Ukrainian trucks backed up for kilometers last weekend, waiting to enter the EU through Ukraine’s Uzhgorod checkpoint with Slovakia

Monday, November 25, 2019
With Poland refusing to issue sufficient transit permits, Ukrainian trucks backed up for kilometers last weekend, waiting to enter the EU through Ukraine’s Uzhgorod checkpoint with Slovakia

With Poland refusing to issue sufficient transit permits, Ukrainian trucks backed up for kilometers last weekend, waiting to enter the EU through Ukraine’s Uzhgorod checkpoint with Slovakia. Ukrainian officials argue the Polish permit squeeze violates Ukraine’s free trade pact with the EU. Ukrainian drivers say Poland is pressuring them to move to Poland to work for Polish companies, which are short of drivers. Inside Ukraine, truck transport in October was up 22% y-o-y, largely to move grain to the seaports.

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