Commodities
Hungary, Poland Block Ukrainian Farm Imports as Accord Falters
- Minister bans imports of grains, seeds citing Poland’s steps
- Hungary awaits EU measures, ban is temporary, minister says
Harvested wheat grain at a farm in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine.
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Hungary joined Poland in announcing a halt in Ukrainian agricultural imports, saying that duty-free imports from its neighbor in the face of Russia’s invasion are putting Hungarian farmers at risk.
The suspension will be in effect until June 30 “in the absence of substantive EU measures,” the Agriculture Ministry in Budapest said in a statement. Poland halted imports of grain and some other food products from Ukraine to avert a “crisis of agriculture,” Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of the governing Law and Justice party, said earlier Saturday.