Hungary asks EU to extend import curbs on grains from Ukraine at least until end-2023


  • World
  • Wednesday, 31 May 2023

A crane moves a container at Europes largest land-based intermodal container terminal East-West Gate in Fenyeslitke Hungary October 18 2022. REUTERSBernadett Szabo

A crane moves a container at Europe's largest land-based intermodal container terminal East-West Gate in Fenyeslitke, Hungary, October 18, 2022. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary has asked the EU to extend import curbs on Ukraine grains and oilseed crops for five Eastern European states at least until the end of 2023, Ministry of Agriculture State Secretary Zsolt Feldman said.

Feldman told state news agency MTI late on Tuesday that Hungary also asked Brussels to grant financial support to local farmers to facilitate the transport of grain stocks stuck in domestic storage before this year's harvest.

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