Poland proposes to ban the import of frozen raspberries from Ukraine
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In Poland, they proposed to introduce a ban on the import of frozen raspberries from the territory of Ukraine. This proposal was made by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Poland, Janusz Kowalski, transmits Polish Press Agency (PAP).
“Let’s tell Brussels: a ban on the import of frozen raspberries from Ukraine is a priority, this decision should be made as soon as possible,” Kovalsky said.
According to the deputy minister, from the beginning of this year to April, the import of frozen raspberries to Poland exceeded 7,000 tons, for the entire last year, the volume of raspberry imports increased by a third and amounted to over 22,000 tons. Kovalsky stressed that the ban on the import of Ukrainian raspberries “is in the interests of the Polish economy “. He recalled that last year 42,000 Polish farmers produced 105,000 tons of raspberries.
In April, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia temporarily banned the import of Ukrainian grain into their countries. After that, EC President Ursula von der Leyen conveyed to the governments of these countries that Brussels is “preparing a new support package of 100 million euros” from EU funds in exchange for the five governments lifting bans on the import of Ukrainian agricultural products. On May 2, the EC banned the export of grain from Ukraine to Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia, but allowed its transit and export to other EU countries.
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