Following similar moves by Poland, Hungary and Slovakia, Bulgaria on Wednesday temporarily suspended the import of certain agricultural, poultry and meat products from Ukraine, the state-run BTA news reported.
The ban will be in force from April 24 to June 30 and will include 20 goods including wheat, wheat flour, honey, milk egg, poultry, goat and sheep meat, walnut, and hazelnut.
The ban, however, will not be applied to goods in transit through the territory of Bulgaria if the consignments are in specialized vehicles, sealed and sealed at the border, without allowing unloading and reloading them on Bulgarian soil.
Agriculture Minister Yavor Gechev said Bulgaria followed the example of the three other countries over concerns that the market is saturated with grain crops.
“We have produce worth several billion that we believe we will have a hard time selling and we will incur losses, unless we take measures,” he told a news briefing.
Earlier, the three Visegrad countries banned the import of grain and other food items from war-hit Ukraine after a slump in prices triggered protests from local farmers.
Source: Anadolu Agency