EU Extends Ban on Some Ukrainian Agricultural Exports Despite Complaints

Poland's agriculture minister received a draft regulation from the European Commission extending a ban on imports of some Ukrainian food products until September 15.
The ban applies to wheat, maize, rapeseed, and sunflower seed within five countries - Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia.
The European Commission directive will extend the ban on Ukrainian agricultural products, but apply to a smaller number of products, including durum wheat, hybrid corn varieties, spelt, and seed.
The European Commission has extended an arrangement allowing five of Ukraine's neighbours to ban domestic sales of Ukrainian grains while allowing the grains to transit their countries until September 15.
The EU imposed restrictions on imports of Ukrainian wheat, corn, rapeseed, and sunflower until 5 June to reduce oversupply of grain in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia.