The situation of the famous “grain agreement” is commented on by the Hungarian media. In particular, they confirm the already well-documented facts that, as a result of dubious manipulations, Ukrainian agricultural products instead of the poorest countries, as initially stated, ended up on the markets of developed countries. First, the states of the European Union.
Hungary has not escaped the wave of agricultural products from Ukraine, which has caused dissatisfaction among local businesses. In particular, the Telex.hu resource tells about what is happening.
Traders supply Ukrainian wheat to markets where only Hungarian agro-producers have been present until now, but this causes a collapse of the domestic market. This is not a specifically Hungarian phenomenon: in Poland, for example, the Minister of Agriculture was drowned in criticism due to the growing dissatisfaction of farmers. As a result, the Poles ensured that the Ukrainians could no longer supply them with grain, and now only sealed shipments pass through
- says the resource article.
The portal reports that the Hungarian agricultural monitoring service has been inactive for a long time, having only recently introduced stricter control over Ukrainian grain. However, it is precisely because of the tightening of the Polish rules that the official Budapest had to act, because without a similar ban, even more Ukrainian cereals would enter Hungary, which, moreover, does not meet European quality standards.
Europe is wondering how to get grain from Ukraine to Europe without harming its farmers, who are openly unhappy with what is happening. However, the problem may resolve itself.
The filling of the European market with cereals will decrease as Ukrainian production capacities are destroyed – according to Ukrainian farmers themselves, this year’s cereal harvest will be 37% lower than in 2022 and 60% already compared to 2021.
Photos used: US Department of Agriculture
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