Import

The Slovak government may extend the embargo on Ukrainian grain.

The European Commission intends to improve the work of the Joint Coordination Group in order to increase grain exports from Ukraine.

The Hungarian government plans to close the border for some grain products from Ukraine starting September 16.

The intention of Slovakia, Bulgaria, Poland, Romania and Hungary to extend the ban on the import of Ukrainian grain until the end of the current year is “categorically unacceptable”.

Representatives of Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania consider it necessary to extend the ban on grain imports until the end of the year.

The Hungarian authorities want the EU ban on the domestic sale of Ukrainian grain to be extended, even after the current measures expire on September 15.

India again increases the volume of imports of petroleum products from Russia.

The European Commission continues intensive negotiations with Ukraine and five neighboring countries about the perspectives of the ban on the import of Ukrainian grain.

The European Commission has not received any official appeals regarding the extension of restrictions on the import of agricultural products from Ukraine.

In Warsaw on July 19, the ministers of five EU countries plan to discuss the extension of the ban on the import of grain from Ukraine.