Inspections of agricultural merchandise on the Ukraine-Poland border present extreme imports of products and the necessity to strengthen veterinary inspections, Polish Minister of Agriculture Czesław Siekierski stated on February 4.
Extra merchandise embrace sugar, oil and cereal merchandise comparable to flour and wheat flour, in line with the ministry's assertion.
“It’s also worrying that the ultimate recipients of many shipments are the Baltic international locations – Lithuania and Latvia,” the assertion stated, noting that the products may return to Poland.
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Earlier within the day, Poland introduced that it was stepping up inspections of Ukrainian meals merchandise.
Polish farmers introduced a nationwide strike on February 1 to dam Ukrainian items on the border, protesting what they are saying is an inflow of low-cost items harming their home enterprise.
Because the spring of 2023, demonstrations by Polish farmers have occurred intermittently.
Siekierski stated he’ll attempt to cease extra blockades by negotiating with the protesters.
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