Romanian farmers have blocked another transition, and 5 EU countries are demanding the return of customs duties on Ukrainian grain

Farmers and transporters of neighboring EU countries continue to block the borders of Ukraine, which causes significant damage to the economy during the Russian invasion. Calls to cancel the duty-free import of goods from Ukraine to the EU are becoming more and more active, but the stable operation of the Black Sea Corridor makes it possible to increase export volumes.

From January 15, Romanian farmers resumed the blockade of the Porubne - Siret crossing, and began to block the Krasnoilsk - Vikova de Sous crossing. At these checkpoints, only the movement of trucks is blocked, while pedestrians and other types of transport are processed as before.

We will remind that a few days ago the Siret point was already blocked by Romanian farmers, but within 6 hours its work was resumed after negotiations conducted by the country's authorities. However, the strikers threaten to make the action open-ended, because they do not see that the authorities are taking real steps to fulfill the main demand - the cancellation of the suspension of benefits in the agricultural and other sectors.

It became known that Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia appealed to the European Commission with a demand to restore duties on the import of Ukrainian grain due to allegedly unfair competition. These countries are among the six European countries that grow significantly more wheat and corn than they consume. Therefore, they believe that Brussels should take measures to protect the markets of countries neighboring Ukraine and fully use their export potential. One of these steps may be the introduction of a duty on certain types of agricultural products.