From April 16 to June 30, 2023, the Republic of Poland unilaterally banned the movement of agricultural products across the border to leave Ukraine, including all grain crops, including: rye, wheat, corn, as well as vegetables, fruits, seeds, honey , hop. , flax, hemp, oil, meat, dairy products, eggs, wine, alcoholic products of plant origin, etc.
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This led to long queues at the border.
Obshchestvennoye writes that the electronic queue at the Yagodyn checkpoint in Volyn has been temporarily suspended. The senior inspector of Ukrtransbezopasnosti, Diana Filyuk, said that part of the transport was turned up at the border.
According to Diana Filyuk, there are about 800 cars registered in the queue, but the system has been paused since April 16.
The veterinary queue doesn’t move at all. The system is paused. Drivers’ time does not run forward or backward. The Polish side does not take these cars. When these restrictions are lifted, then all the drivers registered in the queue will move along it,” says Diana Filyuk.
According to the speaker of the Volyn Customs, Valentina Chernysh, as of April 18, there were no physical queues at the customs from truck drivers.
In the Lviv region, there is also a large line of trucks in front of the Rava-Ruska checkpoint. Some drivers have been unable to cross the border for more than a week.
On April 15, Lviv Customs published a message on its Facbook page stating that from April 16, Poland prohibits the movement of certain types of agricultural products across the border.
The Ministry of Agrarian Policy also published an official comment on the ban. Representatives of the Lviv customs and the State Border Service declined to comment.
Recall that after February 24, 2022, Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea were blocked, so Ukraine, one of the world’s largest grain exporters, was forced to look for alternative supply routes, in particular through Poland and Romania.
In 2022, Poland and Romania jointly promoted grain exports from Ukraine. The additional supply of grain in their markets has put pressure on farmers as it has affected prices and grain storage capacity.
There were local protests against governments in two countries. The European Commission estimates that farmers from Poland, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria and Slovakia said they allegedly lost 417 million euros from the influx of cheaper Ukrainian grain into their markets.
Source: Racurs
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