The EU increases its agri-food imports from Ukraine: causes and reactions from Central European states
The EU increases its agri-food imports from Ukraine: causes and reactions from Central European states

Author(s): Team OSW
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Agriculture, Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, Peace and Conflict Studies, Russian Aggression against Ukraine
Published by: OSW Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich im. Marka Karpia
Keywords: EU; Ukraine; agri-food import; Grain imports from Ukraine; Oil seed imports; agricultural production; War in Ukraine;
Summary/Abstract: 31 March 2023 saw the publication of a joint letter by the prime ministers of Poland, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, and the president of Bulgaria, to the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen on the measures they intended to take to counteract the negative effects of the increased imports of agricultural products from Ukraine to the EU. The document highlights the unprecedented increases in imports of grain, oil seeds, fruit, dairy and honey. It also proposes measures to improve the situation of local agricultural producers, including increasing the financial support offered to them. The authors of the letter emphasise that if the market disruptions cannot be eliminated by other means, tariffs and tariff rate quotas will need to be re-introduced on imports from Ukraine (they were suspended in June 2022). On 7 April 2023, Warsaw and Kyiv reached an agreement on suspending the export of wheat, corn, sunflower seeds and rapeseed to Poland until the beginning of the new season (summer), while the transit of Ukrainian produce via Polish territory will be maintained.

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