Poland to escort all transit cargoes with Ukrainian grain

Ukrainian grain transiting Poland will be under escort and monitored by an electronic system, Poland's agriculture minister said, reported from Polish media.

Robert Telus told a press conference after two days of talks in Warsaw that Ukrainian grain passing through the country would be monitored by SENT, an electronic transport monitoring system currently used to monitor fuel transports.

Polish farmers have staged countrywide protests after large quantities of Ukrainian grain destined for Asia and Africa found their way onto the domestic market, making prices plummet and keeping Polish farmers from selling their grain.

Last week, the Polish government responded to the situation by passing an import ban on Ukrainian grain and some other agricultural products until June 30. Poland was followed by Hungary and Slovakia, which also banned Ukrainian grain.

The measures were criticized by the European Commission, with a spokesperson saying that "trade policy is an EU exclusive competence and, therefore, unilateral actions are not acceptable."

"It has been possible to arrive at mechanisms that not a single ton of (Ukrainian - PAP) grain will remain in Poland, that the goods will be carried through Poland in transit," Telus said, adding that GPS seals would be applied to the cargoes.





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