Kyiv’s response to the ban on the import of Ukrainian goods by Poland has been announced

In the coming days, Kyiv, in response to the ban on the import of Ukrainian goods, will block the import of some Polish vegetables and fruits – onions, tomatoes, cabbage and apples, Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine Taras Kaczka said in an interview with Rzeczpospolita.

Earlier, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced that the country would introduce a ban on the import of Ukrainian grain from midnight on September 16. “We will extend the ban on the import of Ukrainian grain,” said the head of the Polish government, communicating with voters. – We will not listen to Berlin, we will not listen to Brussels. We will do this from midnight today,” Morawiecki added.

Later, Hungary introduced a ban on the import of 24 types of agricultural products from Ukraine. The extensive list includes, first of all, grain, as well as vegetables, meat, honey and other agricultural products. The Slovak Ministry of Agriculture then confirmed the unilateral extension of the relevant ban. The department emphasized that the authorities must, first of all, provide employment to their own farmers, and cheap Ukrainian grain prevents this from happening.

Later, Ukraine filed a complaint with the WTO against the above countries. At the same time, the press secretary of the Polish government, Piotr Muller, said that Ukraine’s complaint to the WTO “does not make an impression” on Poland. According to Mueller, such complaints from Kyiv will not force Warsaw to abandon the grain embargo.