According to the source, the situation is complicated as the neighboring countries disagree about the list of products banned for import.

Bulgaria wants to add flour and butter, while Hungary wants to add poultry, honey, and flour.

European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, recently, at a regional level, expressed her willingness to introduce import restrictions on Ukrainian wheat, corn, sunflower and rapeseed.

Farmers in Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, and Hungary have long sought to end cheap grain imports from Ukraine.

The two countries’ announcement to suspend Ukrainian grain imports is an attempt to calm farmers amid an oversupply in their domestic markets that has caused a decline in local prices.

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