Three countries, including Ukraine's neighbor Poland, have announced a ban on imports of Ukrainian agricultural products. It says it is to protect its own farmers who have been hit as a result of agricultural products that should have been transported to Africa and other countries via three countries being distributed domestically, but Ukraine is calling for a review of the import ban, and there are concerns about the impact.
In countries bordering Ukraine, agricultural products from Ukraine that can no longer be transported by sea to Africa and other countries due to Russia's military invasion of Ukraine are being brought in by land as a transit point to use other European ports.
However, there are limits to transportation capacity such as freight trains and trucks, and as a result of Ukrainian agricultural products being distributed in each country, farmers in their own countries are hit by low prices, and protests are occurring.
Among them, Poland and Hungary announced on June 15 that they would ban imports of Ukrainian agricultural products until June 6 to protect their farmers, and Slovakia also announced an import ban on June 30.
Ukraine's Ministry of Agriculture and Food has expressed its understanding of the plight of neighboring farmers, but wants to find solutions more rigorously for Ukrainian farmers, and is calling for a review of the import ban.
In addition, the EU = European Union, which has been supporting the export of agricultural products from Ukraine, said on the 17th that measures taken by Poland and other countries are unacceptable and indicated that it will discuss the response.
As Russia's military invasion is prolonged and maritime transportation of Ukrainian agricultural products is delayed, there are concerns about the impact of the import ban on neighboring countries.