The European Commission has extended the EU ban on grain imports from Ukraine to Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria until mid-September, Polish Agriculture Minister Robert Telus said on Twitter..

The European Commission has extended the EU ban on the import of wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower from Ukraine until mid-September. This decision of the EC confirms that our protection of the Polish village and Polish farmers was right and we will continue it,” wrote the Polish official..

The document will come into force on June 6 and will be valid until September 15.. The last ban expired today, June 5.

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Recall that on May 2, the European Commission imposed restrictions on the import of Ukrainian wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower seeds in order to reduce the excess supply of grain in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia, which announced losses on the domestic market due to the settling of cheaper Ukrainian. At the same time, during this period, Ukrainian wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower can be sold to any other EU country..

At the same time, the EU did not rule out that they could extend restrictions on grain imports if the exceptional conditions continue..