By KYIV. Sept 19 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The long-awaited decision of the European Commission to lift restrictions on the export of Ukrainian agricultural products with the introduction of additional control measures is constructive, Ukraine is grateful for this position, Ukrainian Minister of Agricultural Policy and Food Mykola Solsky has said.
“We have the long-awaited decision of the European Commission, the restrictions have been lifted. And we are grateful for the constructive position,” the ministry’s press service quoted his online speech at a meeting of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI) of the European Parliament.
As Solsky said, according to the new conditions, Ukraine developed an action plan for export control within 72 hours and submitted it to the European Commission. The proposal from the Ukrainian side, in his opinion, should defuse the situation.
“According to our action plan, Ukraine will control and regulate exports as follows: we agree with the European Commission and importing countries on the necessary list and volume of agricultural products from four crops. They, in turn, determine whether they are ready to accept these crops, when and in what volumes. Only after this we issue permits to our enterprises to export certain products. That is, Ukraine controls its exports and coordinates them with the receiving countries,” the minister said.
He also said that the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on Tuesday approved a new procedure for the export of certain types of products to individual EU member states. It stipulates that four crops (corn, rapeseed, sunflower, wheat) that are exported to five countries shall obtain a license from the Ministry of Economy in agreement with the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food.
“We believe that this scheme of work will satisfy all parties. And even the three countries that are now opposed to Ukrainian agricultural exports will also join this plan. Since we all have one goal – victory in this terrible war. And for this there must be mutual understanding and mutual support,” the Minister of Agricultural Policy said.
