Romania will not close the transit of Ukrainian grain, this route accounts for 90% of exports by land

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Romania does not question the transit of Ukrainian agricultural products to Romanian ports.

Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Mykola Solsky said this following an online meeting with Romanian Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Petre Daya, the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy reports.

According to Solsky, the parties agreed to discuss other issues of transit and import of Ukrainian agricultural products during a meeting in Bucharest on Friday, April 21.

According to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, most Ukrainian products, almost 90%, are transported by land through Romania, followed by Poland – 10%, and the smallest transit is through Hungary – about 5-6% and Slovakia – 1.5%.

He reminded that the transit of Ukrainian agricultural products through Poland will start at night from April 20 to 21, 2023. The volume of transit goods through this country, as well as through Hungary and Slovakia, is not limited. However, Poland will apply additional controls to transit through its territory.

As reported, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Bulgaria have banned imports of a number of agricultural products from Ukraine.

The European Commission has since reminded that it does not support such unilateral actions, as trade regulation is within the EU’s competence.

To resolve this issue, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called on the governments of five European countries that had requested to resolve the issue of imports of Ukrainian agricultural products to develop a pan-European approach within the framework of the single markets and customs union, and promised additional financial assistance to local farmers and restrictive measures against Ukrainian products.

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