Hungary and Poland will not lift the ban on the import of Ukrainian agricultural products

Hungary and Poland will not lift the ban on the import of Ukrainian agricultural products after the entry into force of the updated trade agreement between the EU and Ukraine.

Thus, the Minister of Agriculture of Hungary István Nagy stated that the country does not plan to lift the embargo, reports Business Censor.

Nagy claims that “EU bureaucrats are not at all interested in what will happen to the EU, in particular, to Hungarian farmers, because they subordinate everything to Ukrainian interests.”

The Hungarian minister also “raises serious questions” about the free trade agreement “concluded with a country that is at war.” Among other things, Nagy was outraged by the increase in quotas for duty-free exports of a number of Ukrainian goods to the EU in the updated agreement.

The Polish Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development also announced that it will not lift the indefinite ban on imports of wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower seeds from Ukraine, even given the entry into force of the updated trade agreement between the EU and Ukraine.

The Polish department believes that the new agreement does not contain all the provisions proposed by Poland, which are intended to “minimize the potential negative impact” of Ukrainian imports on Polish agriculture.

Earlier, USM reported that new trade rules between Ukraine and the EU have entered into force.