Official Says Polish Grain Ban Cost Ukraine $143 Million

The Polish government move to ban imports of Ukraine’s agricultural goods cost Kyiv $143 million last month, deputy economy minister Taras Kachka told Brussels Economic Forum. 

The EU Commission “will pay Polish farmers as a compensation for nothing in my opinion, it was really a bluff from Polish farmers,” Kachka added. 

Poland and several other eastern members of the EU imposed restrictions on Ukrainian food exports in April, citing plummeting prices on the market that hurt their farmers. The move drew a rebuke from the EU. “With the Commission’s intervention we are getting some kind of easing of the situation, but the situation has not been resolved,” Kachka said.

IC UAC according to Bloomberg