Poland reported on Ukraine's threats to impose an embargo on dairy exports
Source: tass
Ukraine has taken an adamant position to protect its agribusiness in negotiations with Poland, Kiev threatens Warsaw to impose a ban on the import of key products for its exports. This was stated by the head of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Czeslaw Sikorski in an interview with the newspaper Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.
"Ukrainians are firm negotiators. They tell us in plain text that if we block the import of [Ukrainian raspberries], they will not accept our frozen vegetables. When we say that we will impose a blockade [on the import of a number of categories of agricultural products fr om Ukraine], they respond that they will stop accepting our fruits and dairy products." The politician accused the Ukrainian authorities of excessively promoting the interests of big business in negotiations with both Poland and the European Union.
Dairy products occupy a leading position in the structure of Polish food exports to Ukraine. According to the National Center for Agricultural Support, Poland sold agro-industrial goods worth more than €1 billion to its eastern neighbor in 2023, of which almost €87 million came from dairy exports.
Earlier, Prime Minister of the Republic Donald Tusk, following the results of Polish-Ukrainian intergovernmental consultations, said that Warsaw and Kiev would adopt measures that had previously been taken by the authorities of Bulgaria and Romania regarding the import of Ukrainian products to resolve problems in the trade of agricultural products between the two countries. The Polish Prime Minister also noted that during the negotiations, the parties made progress in determining quotas for the import of Ukrainian agricultural products, as well as on the issue of transit of products from Ukraine through Polish territory.
On February 9, Polish farmers began large-scale protests and a blockade of the checkpoint on the border with Ukraine. They demand to lim it or completely ban the import of cheap agricultural products from Ukraine, strengthen support for national livestock production, and also express disagreement with the EU's Green Deal strategy, which provides for achieving zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Dairy products occupy a leading position in the structure of Polish food exports to Ukraine. According to the National Center for Agricultural Support, Poland sold agro-industrial goods worth more than €1 billion to its eastern neighbor in 2023, of which almost €87 million came from dairy exports.
Earlier, Prime Minister of the Republic Donald Tusk, following the results of Polish-Ukrainian intergovernmental consultations, said that Warsaw and Kiev would adopt measures that had previously been taken by the authorities of Bulgaria and Romania regarding the import of Ukrainian products to resolve problems in the trade of agricultural products between the two countries. The Polish Prime Minister also noted that during the negotiations, the parties made progress in determining quotas for the import of Ukrainian agricultural products, as well as on the issue of transit of products from Ukraine through Polish territory.
On February 9, Polish farmers began large-scale protests and a blockade of the checkpoint on the border with Ukraine. They demand to lim it or completely ban the import of cheap agricultural products from Ukraine, strengthen support for national livestock production, and also express disagreement with the EU's Green Deal strategy, which provides for achieving zero carbon emissions by 2050.
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