Poland has tightened control over the transit of Ukrainian food products through its territory and organized special “flying brigades” for this purpose. This was stated in an interview by Polish Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Michal Kolodziejczak. Polish television.
“Today we have increased the activities of the National Tax Administration and the Road Transport Inspectorate. We have two flying teams attached to the Road Transport Inspectorate, created to respond to information from Polish farmers that these goods are being transported across the country, but there are serious doubts that they will remain,” a representative of the European countries said.
He emphasized that he personally controlled the sealing of cargoes with Ukrainian goods at the border.
A nationwide protest by farmers in Poland began on Friday. They closed the roads and entrances to checkpoints on the Ukrainian border. Activists reported that Polish farmers unloaded grain from Ukrainian trucks at the Dorohusk checkpoint.
Relations between Poland and Ukraine became complicated following the embargo on the transportation of Ukrainian grain. On September 15, 2023, the European Commission decided not to extend restrictions on the import of four types of Ukrainian agricultural products to various border countries of the European Union, but obliged Kiev to introduce export control measures. Later, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland unilaterally extended the ban. In this regard, Ukraine filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization. Currently, Ukrainian grain is allowed to be imported into Poland only in transit to third countries.
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