According to the Minister of Development and Technology of Poland, Waldemar Buda, from April 28, Gdańsk, Gdynia, Świnoujście, and Szczecin will be joined by Kolobrzeg in the east of the country, which was entirely dependent on agricultural products from Ukraine before the ban.
Since April 21, Poland has allowed the import of the main Ukrainian agricultural products only in the mode of transit to particular ports or third countries. The list of permitted ports did not include Kolobrzeg, which previously specialized in grain export from Ukraine.
The port’s director stated that we do not have the support of large ports that can apply for EU assistance, so to maintain traffic in the port, we engaged in transshipment and service in exporting goods from Ukraine. According to him, the port lost half of its cargo turnover in one night due to the ban on Ukrainian grain, which was a big blow.