The European Parliament approves restrictions on the import of Ukrainian food, costing Ukraine €331M. The European Parliament approved the extension for a year (from June 6) of duty-free trade in Ukrainian agricultural products while introducing new import restriction levels to appease EU protesters. ... #agroexportukraine #EUfarmers #FarmersProtest #GrainEmbargo #TradeRestriction #TradeVisaFree
Additional restrictions on the import of Ukrainian food products to the EU may prolong the war. The Minister of Agricultural Policy, Mykola Solsky, believes that attempts by France and Poland to expand restrictions on importing Ukrainian products to the EU “will increase the chances for th... #agroexportukraine #FarmersProtest #MykolaSolsky #TradeAgreement #TradeVisaFree
France and Poland propose to limit the import of Ukrainian products to the EU, although Ukrainian exports do not pressure prices in Poland. France supported Poland’s calls to restrict the export of agricultural products from Ukraine to the EU. According to EC estimates, this will cost Ukraine €1.2B in trade revenues. France also thr... #agroexportukraine #FarmersProtest #GrainEmbargo #UkrainianGrainTransit
The EC calls the problems on the Ukrainian-Polish border temporary and explains their causes. The Vice-President of the EC, Valdis Dombrovskis, explains that the problems on Ukraine’s border with Poland are a short-term consequence of the Russian war. More precisely, they are echoes from... #agroexportukraine #BorderBlockade #FarmersProtest #ValdisDombrovskis
Ukraine and Poland will meet in Lviv on March 11 to discuss the border blockade and trade. On Monday, Ukraine and Poland will hold the ninth meeting of the Ukrainian-Polish Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation, co-chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk and Ministe... #agroexportukraine #BorderBlockade #FarmersProtest #IrynaVereshchuk #KrzysztofHetman #UkrainePoland
How will Poland’s total embargo on Ukrainian farm imports affect Ukraine? Poland is confidently moving toward a complete, indefinite embargo on Ukrainian food. The NBU reports that exports of food products to Poland last year amounted to $1.8B, or 8% of total food exports. ... #agroexportukraine #BorderBlockade #FarmersProtest #GrainEmbargo #UkrainePolandTrade #ВідвантаженнятоварівУкраїна
Ukraine’s losses from the border blockade have reached ₴20B: Though the EP will continue free trade with Ukraine, the EU is tightening export controls. The profile committee of the European Parliament plans to continue the free trade zone with Ukraine this week, said Deputy Minister of Agricultural Policy of Ukraine Taras Vysotskyy. He added this is ... #AdinaValean #agroexportukraine #BorderBlockade #FarmersProtest #TarasVysotskyi #UkraineEconomy
Ukraine does not predict a quick end to the farmers’ protests in Poland, so it is reorienting logistics and preparing long-term solutions. The Minister of European Integration of Ukraine, Olha Stefanishyna, said that after several meetings between Ukrainian and Polish authorities, there is an understanding that the farmers’ protest... #agroexportukraine #BorderBlockade #FarmersProtest #OlgaStefanishyna #PolishFarmers
The Polish border blockade extends to Germany and Lithuania, and Polish carriers will join the farmers on the Ukrainian border. Polish carriers plan to resume their protests on the Ukrainian border starting March 1. Their protests had paused in January of this year. According to RMF FM, the carriers want to join the blocking o... #agroexportukraine #BorderBlockade #EUfarmers #FarmersProtest #PolishCarriers #Zelenskyy
