Pressure has mounted on Brussels to work out an EU-wide solution after Warsaw and Budapest banned some imports from Ukraine, and other eastern Europe countries said they were considering similar action.
Pressure has mounted on Brussels to work out a European Union-wide solution after Warsaw and Budapest banned some imports from Ukraine at the weekend and other eastern Europe countries said they were considering similar action.
Bottlenecks then led to the grain becoming trapped, forcing local farmers to compete with an influx of cheap Ukrainian imports they said lowered the value of their own crops. An EU official said this would only allow the grains to enter the five countries from Ukraine if they were set for export to other EU countries or to the rest of the world. This measure would last until the end of June.
While the emergency measures can enter force within days, an EU investigation typically lasts six months.
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