EU countries call for ban on Ukrainian eggs

Accordingly, Bulgarian Agriculture Minister Georgi Tahov made this proposal at a meeting of the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Brussels on Monday (September 23).

Mr Tahov said domestic production in Bulgaria had been severely affected by the influx of eggs from Ukraine, which were up to 30% cheaper than the price of eggs on the local market.

Bulgaria says the influx of cheap products has destabilized the domestic market. Photo: RT.

According to official figures, Ukraine exported more than 2,600 tonnes of eggs to Bulgaria in the first half of 2024, five times more than in the first six months of last year.

The official also noted that this “puts serious pressure on prices on the domestic market” and has caused a wave of bankruptcies among Bulgarian poultry farms.

"We firmly support the people of Ukraine, but this must not lead to bankruptcy and violate the rights of farmers," the minister stressed.

Mr Tahov said that if Bulgaria's concerns were not addressed, the EU member state was ready to consider "safeguard measures" to restrict trade with Ukraine.

Earlier this year, the European Parliament extended the suspension of all tariffs and quotas on agricultural imports from Ukraine to the EU until June 2025.

The free trade program incorporates an “emergency brake” on poultry, eggs and sugar, meaning tariffs could be reimposed if flows exceed the average of 2022 and 2023.

In 2022, the EU suspended tariffs and quotas on Ukrainian agricultural products to allow grain and other agricultural products from Ukraine to be shipped to global markets.

But a flood of cheap agricultural imports from the troubled country has flooded into Eastern Europe, with grain imports from Ukraine at the heart of farmers’ protests across the EU earlier this year.

Le Na (According to RT)

Source: https://www.congluan.vn/bulgaria-keu-goi-cam-trung-ga-cua-ukraine-post313788.html