Hungary asks Brussels to extend restrictions on imports of agricultural products from Ukraine until the end of the year

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Hungary has asked the EU to extend restrictions on imports of Ukrainian grains and oilseeds for five Eastern European countries at least until the end of 2023. This was stated by Zsolt Feldman, State Secretary of the Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture.

Feldman told state news agency MTI late Tuesday night that Hungary has also asked Brussels to provide financial support to local farmers to facilitate the transportation of grain stocks stuck in domestic storage facilities until this year’s harvest.

“We are interested in ensuring that the harvest in Hungary is harvested safely and Hungarian farmers are able to sell their products,” Feldman said after a meeting of EU agriculture ministers in Brussels.

On May 2, the EU imposed restrictions on imports of Ukrainian wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunseed until June 5 to reduce the oversupply of grain in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.

These countries have complained that cheaper Ukrainian grain makes domestic production unprofitable.

The European Commission said that during this period, Ukrainian wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunseed can be sold to any other EU country.

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