Spanish grain producers join the war against cheap Ukrainian grain

Protest for devaluation of grain prices due to entry into the EU of cheap Ukrainian grain which farmers in various Eastern European countries have been leading for weeks is beginning to have an echo in Spain. This morning, agricultural organizations like Assaya They drew attention to the drop in wheat prices, which, as they state in the press release, has an even 30 percent lower price than the one in April last year. “These contributions are below the costs they support grains our countries do not obey any market logic in a country like Spain, which imports significant quantities cereal and oilseedsand that also welcomes the next harvest with complete uncertainty”.

Asaja recalls that the drought affecting a good part of Spain is also reaching Castilla y León, where harvest expectations are gradually falling. farms. If low prices continue, ua the market burdened by the Ukrainian grain flood with the low price, ruin would be more than certain for thousands of farms in our country,” the statement said.

The agrarian organization he is not against helping Ukraine and its farmers to give way to its oilseeds and cereals, but it does not want these products to be taxed with customs duties corresponding to products from third countries entering the territory of the EU. In fact, they claim so Spain will continue to import Ukrainian grain. We should not forget that, after China, it is the second country that receives cereals from that country. However, they ask the government to support the position of other countries as Hungary, Slovakia, Bulgaria who, after protests from their primary sectors, asked Brussels protectionist measures. But when they did not get an answer, they decided to veto the entry of Ukrainian products. The latter announced a ban on imports on Wednesday, a measure that will be temporary to avoid “extremely serious” consequences for local companies, manufacturers and farmers.

Poland At first, it did not fall behind even with the introduction last Saturday of the ban on grain imports from that country. What happened is that after negotiations with Ukraine, will withdraw the veto on Friday, but will establish a series of measures to control that these goods do not remain in the country. In this regard, as reported by Europa Press, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Poland, Robert Telus, said that the authorities will monitor and control the transport of Ukrainian grains through Polish territory to guarantee that they do not remain in the country.

Asaja did not ask for a veto on imports, but as the Croatian government announced yesterday, they want the Spanish executive to ask the EU to adopt “intervention measures” to protect the internal market from competition with imported agricultural products from Ukraine.