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Poland is likely to be compensated as part of the second tranche of European Union aid for farmers' losses caused by imports of Ukrainian grain, PAP has learned.

Poland criticized the EU for apparently not fulfilling its promise to send grain imported from Ukraine to countries in the Middle East and Africa.

Some of the exported grain remains in Ukraine's neighboring countries, including Poland, and farmers have complained that they have problems selling their own grain because of full warehouses and falling prices, the Polish news agency recalled in its report.

On April 5, the European Commission published a regulation according to which three countries - Poland, Bulgaria and Romania - were granted aid in the amount of 56.3 million euros for losses caused by the import of Ukrainian grain.

Of this amount, 29.5 million euros were allocated to Poland.

The EC is currently working on the second tranche of the support.

"At this stage, there is talk of 75 million euros, which will probably be divided between five member states: Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia and Hungary. Poland will probably receive 50-60 percent of this amount. The proposals will be known at the end of next week," a high-ranking representative of the European Union told PAP.

Romanian producers protested against the import of Ukrainian grain

"Poland is waiting for specific details in response to its requests and those of other countries," the Polish permanent representative to the EU, Andrzej Sados, told the agency in turn.

He said the EC has an agricultural reserve of €450 million, of which €350 million will be spent this year.

"We expect action from the European Commission," added Sadosh.

Last week, in a joint letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, the prime ministers of Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia requested restrictions on Ukrainian grain imports.

They wrote: "Russian aggression against Ukraine has led not only to a huge increase in production costs in the agricultural sector ... but also to problems ... related to the significant increase in the supply of Ukrainian goods to the markets of EU member states, especially those , which border or are close to Ukraine."

The signatories of the letter called for more funds, in addition to the planned emergency measures, to support farmers who have suffered losses and are at risk of losing financial liquidity, BTA notes.

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