A meeting of the Coordination Platform for the Export of Ukrainian Grain, consisting of Ukraine, five neighboring countries and other EU member states interested in solving the grain problem, will be held next Thursday to adopt the action plan proposed by Ukraine, European Commission spokeswoman Miriam Garcia Ferrer said, Ukrinform reports.
“We have finalized our comments on the Ukrainian action plan, which was presented on Monday during the meeting of the Coordination Platform. The exchanges were very constructive and we saw a very positive way forward. We have sent an invitation to participate in the next meeting of the Coordination Platform next Thursday. We will have the opportunity to finalize this action plan so that it can be operational as soon as possible.” said Ferrer.
Ferrer reminded that the action plan to address the grain export problem was developed by Ukraine and has various components. They include establishing stricter control over the export of Ukrainian agricultural products, conducting an information campaign to explain to exporters the vulnerability of markets in neighboring countries, summarizing information on end consumers of Ukrainian agricultural products, etc.
The main element of the submitted plan is the introduction of authorization and verification, in other words, licensing of export operations with agricultural products previously subject to protective trade measures by the EU, including wheat, corn, sunflower seeds and rapeseed.