The EU reaches an agreement to lift the ban on corn and wheat from Ukraine

The European Commission reached an agreement this Friday with Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania and Slovakia to allow the transit of Ukrainian agricultural products, with the aim that Kiev can export them to third countries.

“I welcome the principle of agreement reached for the transit of four types of Ukrainian grain and cereal,” said the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, on her official Twitter account, in relation to wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower seeds, reports Efe.

Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania and Slovakia lifted the veto on the import of these products, as long as they do not remain in their countries, since they consider that their farmers cannot compete against the cheaper prices of these foods, exempt from tariffs. since the beginning of the Russian invasion to help Kiev financially.