Hungary and other EU countries suffering because of Ukrainian grain

Agriculture ministers from European Union member states in central Europe are in “full agreement” on maintaining a united front to press for restrictions on exemptions from customs duties on the imports of agricultural products from Ukraine, Agriculture Minister István Nagy said on Friday, after talks with his peers in countries neighbouring Ukraine.

Nagy said exemptions from customs duties should be restricted and quotas reintroduced for wheat, maize, sunflower, rapeseed and soybeans from Ukraine amid a glut in neighbouring countries, MTI wrote. The ministers are also asking the European Commission to buy unsold grain grown and stored in member states bordering Ukraine for humanitarian purposes, he added. The ministers will send a joint letter with their latest recommendations to the EC and discuss them at the next meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council, Nagy said.