The government of Poland announced the strengthening of control at the border with Ukraine. Warsaw wants to intensify inspections of goods leaving Ukraine.
In Poland, they announced the strengthening of control and the activation of inspections at the border with Ukraine
The head of the Polish department, Czeslaw Sekerskiy, conducted checks at the border crossing point "Medyka". Earlier, he visited the "Korchova" checkpoint on the border with Ukraine.
Sekerskyi announces the strengthening of control and greater activation of inspections.
Excessive import of agricultural products from Ukraine, which do not meet EU production requirements, threatens the competitiveness of Polish agriculture, the ministry said in a statement.
The Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Poland, Michal Kolodziejczak, is also inspecting border points for the second day in a row. Today he visited the checkpoint "Yagodin-Dorogusk", and yesterday he visited Hrubeshuv.
He noted that he oversees inspections of agricultural goods imported from Ukraine.
Kolodziejczak also published a photo of poor-quality frozen raspberries that were turned up at the border.
After such raspberries, there is only one conclusion: an embargo on Ukrainian frozen raspberries, of which more than 60,000 tons arrived in Poland in 2023, he wrote on Twitter (X).
Blockade of the Ukrainian border
We will remind you that on November 6, 2023, Polish carriers started strikes at the border with Ukraine. Polish protesters demanded the return of the pass system for Ukrainian carriers.
On January 6, Polish farmers stopped blocking the "Medyka-Sheghini" point, the movement of trucks was resumed.
On January 17, 2024, the Polish government signed an agreement with carriers to unblock the border with Ukraine. As part of the agreement, the parties agreed to suspend protests at the entrances to three checkpoints on the border until March 1.
We would like to add that on January 31, the European Commission recommended extending the abolition of import duties for agricultural goods from Ukraine for 2024, but also proposed introducing a "safeguard" for farmers from EU countries.
