The Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Poland, Michal Kolodziejczak, confirmed that the Ukrainian grain, due to which the farmers are blocking the border, does not remain in the country, and that "it would be possible to protest at another border."
Kolodziejczak noted that now Ukrainian grain is transiting through Poland, and not imported.
"Neither grains, nor corn, nor rapeseed - these products do not stay here," he said.
The deputy minister noted that over the past few weeks, he had received reports of alleged cases of unloading of Ukrainian products in Poland, which were declared as transit, but none of these reports were confirmed.
"If I went to protest today, I would block another border... Poland introduced an embargo on the products from Ukraine that bothered us the most. Let's take Germany - we also see protests and statements by German farmers in Germany that they do not want these products from Ukraine, where it is clear that companies buy a lot from Poland, but the government did not introduce an embargo on these products, which creates congestion, and Ukrainian products also take away the German market from us," Kolodziejczak said.
He added that in view of this, it is necessary to introduce quotas for Ukrainian products at the EU level, as well as simplify their shipment to third countries outside the European Union.
Kolodziejczak also noted that Poland allows new restrictions on imports from Ukraine if an agreement with Kyiv is not possible.