European Commission to Ban Ukrainian Grain Exports to Romania -Minister
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Loading... - Marcu Cazacu
- 02 May 2023
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The European Commission will ban Ukrainian grain and oilseeds exports to Romania until June 5, Romanian Agriculture Minister Petre Daea said on Wednesday.
Romania has stopped short of enforcing a ban, whereas Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria and Slovakia took unilateral steps to protect local markets from a flow of Ukrainian farm products.
With access to its own Black Sea ports blocked and later limited by Russia's invasion, Ukraine, one of the world’s leading grain exporters has had to find alternative shipping routes through neighbouring states. Millions of tons of grains and oilseeds, cheaper than those produced in the European Union and exempt from customs tax, ended up in Central and Eastern Europe, with local farmers complaining demand and prices of local products were distorted.
Earlier this month, the European Commission said it would take emergency "preventive measures" for wheat, maize, sunflower seeds and rapeseed, compensating local farmers and only allowing grain to enter the five countries from Ukraine if they were set for export to other EU members or the rest of the world.
