The new Polish government does not yet intend to lift the embargo on Ukrainian grain

"Czeslaw Siekierski, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Poland in the government of Donald Tusk, stated that the ban on importing Ukrainian grain to Poland will remain until the relevant rules are drawn up at the level of the European Union.

 

    

 

     "We must maintain the embargo until we agree on terms to replace it. I think that a good solution would be to introduce transport licensing when using transit routes outside of Poland," the minister said on TVP Info.

 

    

 

     According to him, Ukraine should export grain through other routes than through Poland and Europe.

 

    

 

     "Because there is always, even during transit transportation, a certain risk that part of this grain or other agricultural production will remain on Polish territory," the Polish minister explained.

 

    

 

     On the other hand, he emphasized that Poland wants to help Ukraine, but it "needs norms regarding quotas and transition periods" and this issue should be resolved together with the European Union.

 

    

 

     Unilateral restrictions on the import of Ukrainian grain and many other agricultural products were introduced by Poland in September, when the embargo at the EU level expired."