WARSAW: Poland will continue to ban grain imports from Ukraine even if the EU decides not to extend its ban beyond September 15. The office of Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki gave this information in a statement. The government “urges the European Commission (EC) to extend the ban on grain imports from Ukraine beyond September 15, 2023. Otherwise, Poland will independently take such a decision at the national level,” Xinhua news agency quoted the statement as saying. Will impose restrictions.”
It said such restrictions relate to the import of four agricultural products: wheat, maize, rapeseed and sunflower seeds. In May, the European Commission banned grain exports from Ukraine to Poland and four other European countries. The restrictions are due to end on September 15. “The Polish government does not accept a situation in which the Polish market is destabilized by Ukrainian grain,” the Prime Minister’s Office said.
