The European Commission (EC) banned the export of grain from Ukraine to five Eastern European countries, allowing the transit and export of this agricultural product to other EU countries. This has been reported Web site EC.
“The European Commission has taken exceptional and temporary measures to export grain from Ukraine,” the statement said.
As stated by the EC, these measures will apply from 2 May to 5 June 2023. They said that during this period, wheat, corn, sunflower and rapeseed from Ukraine “can be freely sold” in all EU countries except Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.
“The transit of these products from these countries may continue,” the statement said.
The EC also noted that these countries have committed to lifting unilateral bans on the import of Ukrainian agricultural products.
Former President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky He insisted The EU should intervene by banning the import of Ukrainian agricultural products.
28 April Sweden Presidency of the Council of the European Union reportedEU ambassadors voted to extend duty-free imports of goods from Ukraine to the EU by one year, including agricultural products.