In addition to Hungary, Poland and Slovakia also have unilateral bans on the import of certain types of Ukrainian agricultural products, contrary to the current agreement on a deep and comprehensive free trade area between the EU and Ukraine (DCFTA).
This was reported to the Public by its own sources.
According to them, Bulgaria and Romania have already lifted similar bans on trade with Ukraine under the updated agreement.
Thus, in Poland, the current indefinite restrictions mainly concern wheat, corn, rapeseed, sunflower seeds, flour, etc.
The Slovak authorities prohibit the import of wheat, corn and other grains.
In Hungary, restrictions apply to twenty categories of both farm and agricultural products. In particular, these include: beef, pork, poultry, eggs, sunflower seeds, corn, wheat, barley, flour, rapeseed oil, etc.
European Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Christoph Hansen said that he is in contact with the Hungarian, Polish and Slovak governments to find a solution to lift the bans on the import of these goods from Ukraine.
“Of course, this does not help matters, because we have a deep and comprehensive free trade agreement with properly balanced tariff rate quotas that allow us to precisely control what is imported and what should not be imported. This is also related to the gradual alignment with our production standards, so we continue the dialogue with the relevant member states to find timely solutions that will allow for the free circulation of those goods,” he said.
On May 26, the European Commission called on Hungary and other member states of the European bloc to lift their unilateral bans on the import of Ukrainian agricultural products.
On May 22, Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar announced that Budapest had extended a ban on the import of farm and agricultural products from Ukraine, which had been in place since the time of his predecessor Viktor Orban.