Ukrainian grain captured the Polish market

The Polish agricultural market loses out to Ukrainian grain, so the state hopes to focus its efforts on grain transit, avoiding the role of the final destination country.

On Wednesday, March 29, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki appealed to Brussels to limit the amount of Ukrainian grain entering the European Union. According to the Prime Minister, agricultural products from Ukraine destabilize local markets. This is reported reported by the publication DW.

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine blocked Ukraine’s traditional export routes. Poland, together with other Eastern European countries, agreed to help in the transit of Ukrainian grain. EU countries canceled customs duties and import quotas for grain from Ukraine.

We will remind you that at the beginning of March, our countries agreed to simplify the transit of agricultural products. However, due to problems with logistics, grain from Ukraine accumulates in Polish warehouses and enters the domestic market. As a result, the influx of cheap and high-quality Ukrainian grain leads to a decrease in prices for own products.

Therefore, the Polish government asks the EU to help in the sale of Ukrainian grain. The country also hopes that the European Commission will limit the flow of grain to Poland as a country of final destination.

Earlier, the European Commission approved the payments to countries whose markets were affected by the influx of Ukrainian grain. It is about Bulgaria, Poland and Romania. USM also wrote that Ukrainian grain became the reason farmers’ protests in Bulgaria.