The European Commission agreed with Eastern European countries to unblock the import of Ukrainian grain

The European Commission has reached an agreement with Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria on unblocking the import of agricultural products from Ukraine.

Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary, Slovakia, and Romania agreed to the European Commission’s allocation of an additional 100 million euros to support farmers in exchange for unblocking grain imports from Ukraine. This was reported on Twitter of the European Commission.

At the same time, the European Commission undertook to introduce a ban on the import of Ukrainian wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower. We will remind you that these crops account for 90% of all exports of agricultural products from Ukraine to the EU. The new agreements will enter into force on June 6 — after the end of Ukraine’s unlimited trade regime with EU countries.

The European Commission will also conduct an investigation into compliance with the norms for the export of milk, poultry meat and eggs from Ukraine, the import of which is being banned by Poland. If violations are detected, the EU will introduce import duties on Ukrainian products.