The bars against sales in Poland, Hungary and Slovakia were in place early Saturday, reviving an issue that has threatened European Union solidarity on Ukraine.
As part of a deal meant to protect those countries, the European Union allowed some grain to transit through them, but prohibited domestic sales.
Brussels’ decision to let that deal expire at midnight on Friday revived an issue that has threatened European Union unity on support for Ukraine.
Lawmakers in Bulgaria went in the other direction, agreeing on Thursday to resume imports of Ukrainian agricultural products, The Associated Press reported, saying the ban had cut into tax revenue.
ban, which was implemented in May and expired at midnight on Friday, covered exports of wheat, maize, rapeseed, and sunflower seeds to Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.
The pushback against Ukrainian grain imports from Europe’s formerly communist eastern lands was a rare, and awkward, note of discord on the continent after remarkable European support for Ukraine’s war effort for more than a year after the full-scale invasion of February 2022.
This summer, Russia abandoned a deal that allowed Ukraine to safely ship tens of millions of tons or grain via the Black Sea despite the fighting, raising renewed concerns about a global food crisis.
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As part of a deal meant to protect those countries, the European Union allowed some grain to transit through them, but prohibited domestic sales.
Brussels’ decision to let that deal expire at midnight on Friday revived an issue that has threatened European Union unity on support for Ukraine.
Lawmakers in Bulgaria went in the other direction, agreeing on Thursday to resume imports of Ukrainian agricultural products, The Associated Press reported, saying the ban had cut into tax revenue.
ban, which was implemented in May and expired at midnight on Friday, covered exports of wheat, maize, rapeseed, and sunflower seeds to Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.
The pushback against Ukrainian grain imports from Europe’s formerly communist eastern lands was a rare, and awkward, note of discord on the continent after remarkable European support for Ukraine’s war effort for more than a year after the full-scale invasion of February 2022.
This summer, Russia abandoned a deal that allowed Ukraine to safely ship tens of millions of tons or grain via the Black Sea despite the fighting, raising renewed concerns about a global food crisis.
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