Poland

Poland will not change its decision to ban grain imports from Ukraine, despite Ukraine’s appeal to the World Trade Organization.

The governments of Poland, Slovakia and Hungary are refusing to participate in the Coordination Platform regarding the export of grain from Ukraine.

On Monday, September 18, Kyiv will start a legal process against three EU countries — Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary.

In Poland, they propose to extend the ban on the import of Ukrainian agricultural products until the moment of Ukraine’s accession to the EU.

Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said that Ukraine will submit Poland to arbitration at the World Trade Organization over the grain embargo.

Poland plans to extend the ban on the import of Ukrainian grain regardless of the decision of the European Commission.

EU Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski supported the extension of the ban on the import of Ukrainian grain until the end of 2023.

Poland calls on the EU to help increase port capacity to increase Ukrainian grain supplies via the Baltic Sea.

Poland calls on EU countries to help export Ukrainian agricultural products through the Baltic ports.

In Brussels, Poland presented estimates of investments needed to increase grain exports from Ukraine across the Polish-Ukrainian border.