The Slovakian government has announced that it will ban the import of cereals from Ukraine, in a defense of the local market that replicates the measures already announced this weekend by the Hungarian and Polish authorities and which have been questioned by the European Commission.
The Slovak Ministry of Agriculture has confirmed this measure, claiming that cereals that are theoretically destined for third countries end up in the European market and destabilize it, according to the newspaper ‘Pravda’. Eduard Heger’s government does not rule out extending the restrictions to other products, such as sugar.
The governments of Hungary and Poland announced Saturday that they will ban imports of agricultural products from Ukraine until June 30 in order to defend the interests of their domestic producers.
On Monday, Bulgaria’s Agriculture Minister Yavor Gechev acknowledged that he was »working» on a similar ban, citing alleged losses to local farmers amounting to 900 million leva — more than 460 million euros — as reported by public broadcaster BNR.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
