According to Denis Marchuk, Chairman of the All-Ukrainian Agricultural Council, one day of goods sitting idle at the border means that the carrier loses more than 200 euros.
Due to the blockade of the Polish-Ukrainian border, Ukraine lost about 8 billion hryvnia in customs payments. The business is also struggling and losses are currently estimated at over €1.5 billion. Chairman of the All-Ukrainian Agricultural Council Denis Marchuk said this during a briefing at the Ukrainian Media Center on March 4.
According to him, the amount of damage continues to increase. As Marchuk points out, having the goods waiting at the border for a day means that the carrier loses more than 200 euros.
“This is a lot of money. And we are just talking about disruptions, not about lost contracts, missed opportunities to sell their products on time, possible penalties for late delivery of products to businesses – all this falls on the shoulders of companies today.” Ukrainian commodity producers, processors and logistics companies “, – he said.
At the same time, Ukrainian entrepreneurs are already looking for other suppliers amid problems on the Ukrainian-Polish border, as Dmitry Solomchuk, member of the Agricultural and Land Policy Committee, said during a telethon on March 5.
“Even moving trucks carrying Polish goods across the border with Hungary or Slovakia is a very expensive logistics. To buy a car weighing 22 tons, you need to spend 5-7 thousand euros. This is a cosmic figure and the product becomes unprofitable and uncompetitive.” explained.
Situation on the Polish border on March 5
As of this morning, Polish farmers have closed six checkpoints on the Polish-Ukrainian border. As Andriy Demchenko, spokesman for the State Border Service of Ukraine (SBSU), told Ukrinform, there are currently 2,350 trucks in the queue in Poland, most of them at the Krakovets and Yagodin checkpoints.
At the same time, protesters allow cars and buses to pass.
Let us recall that on February 28, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that Poland could: Complete closure of the Ukrainian border. According to the politician, negotiations between Kiev and Warsaw continue.
We also remember that on March 4, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmygal called the protests of Polish farmers pointless. He noted that Ukraine has not exported wheat, corn, sunflower seeds or any other products to Poland since September 2023.
Source: Focus
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